As people across Illinois prepare for a once in a lifetime cicada “dual emergence,” fear of the weird-looking flying bugs with big red eyes is on the rise, experts say. But they also say tha…
Christen M. Jeschke published a children’s book titled “Cicadas Don’t Bug Me.” She said she wrote the book for children but hopes it will also help adults overcome any fear they have of the big red eyed flying noisy bugs which are expected to make a historical appearance in parts of Illinois and elsewhere in coming weeks. As people across Illinois prepare for a once-in-a-lifetime cicada dual emergence, fear of the weird-looking flying bugs with big red eyes is on the rise, experts say.
Zinbarg said with both techniques there’s a very good chance the fear of cicadas is going to subside.For the first time since 1803 many areas will experience a rare phenomenon, a sort of cicada double whammy called a dual-emergence during which two different kinds of the bugs will emerge from the ground at the same time.
Jeschke said she’s been fascinated with cicadas since she experienced her first emergence of the bugs as a child in 1987. She dove right into learning everything she could about them when she was writing her book. “Springfield will be ground zero for the dual-emergence,” she said. “They’ll have billions of cicadas. Some areas will be inundated.”
“Children particularity struggle with that,” she said. “Adults with phobias often get stressed and agitated by that constant screeching in the air.”When they come out of the ground they aerate the soil allowing it to breathe, when they die their exoskeletons decay and nourish the soil, they lay eggs in the branches of dead, sick or dying trees which in time effectively prunes off the deadwood.
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