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Interesting. I had remembered one spring/summer in Illinois from my childhood where there were just so many cicadas. Everytime the wind shifted you'd hear them
by Teknoman117 6y ago
Interesting. I had remembered one spring/summer in Illinois from my childhood where there were just so many cicadas. Everytime the wind shifted you'd hear them drone on, the buzzing slowly shifting between loud and soft all day. The volume was quite remarkable.
I hadn't thought about it in a long time. Fun memories.
- rotexo 6y agoOne of the things I really miss about home: summer bug noises. Generally just don't get them in Berkeley.
- hateful 6y agoThis may have less to do with your location and more to do with overall trends https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insec...
- Teknoman117 6y agoIt's rather depressing honestly. The catastrophic risk of ecosystem collapse aside, when I have kids it'll be sad if I can't catch fireflies/lightning bugs with them since the bugs seem to be dying out.
- Teknoman117 6y ago(I forgot to mention it, but that summer could have been 2004)
- joezydeco 6y agoWas it downstate Illinois? The brood in northern IL is Brood XIII, due back in 3 more years. The early-13s came out last summer.
- Teknoman117 6y agoI lived in Naperville so definitely upstate (Chicagoland).