The 17-year cicada invasion has hit Chicago-- mostly the suburbs really. I made this recording last weekend on a North Shore trail ride around 3-4 miles into Skokie, where they were unmistakable.
Imagine hundreds of thousands of crickets on steroids. Most were hovering around tree branches, a few aggressive ones float alongside you, occassionally one will drop onto your head or your leg. But they're harmless. They don't sting and won't putup a fight if you
pop them in your mouth and chew. (So I've been told...)
They've been swarming around the North Shore and western suburbs 24/7 since May and will likely stick around a few more weeks. Two or three months of trauma is, perhaps, a small price to pay for a Tudor home in Winnetka by the forest preserve.
