No cicadas yet in South Eastern Michigan, but can't wait to hear them. Last year was the first year I have heard them in ages, so I am looking forward to the "billions" people are writing about.

We don't have any (that I have seen) in Algonquin, IL!

Not sure if it was already answered, but these cicadas that everyone's talking about are "special" 17-year ones... That is, Chicago (and many other places) gets locusts and other types of cicadas every year, but these ones are a different breed, most notably in their breeding cycle.

That is why everyone is talking about these right now. I've lived in the suburbs my whole life, and I hear these noises every summer... it just gets significantly louder every seventeen years.

I grew up in Wilmette and remember getting on the bus to go to Jr High and having all of us screaming about the cicadas everywhere...I'm not a bug lover but they bring back warm memories of growing up in the suburbs of Chicago...especially since I now live in Florida!!

james in texas; we have them here. but never heard of that happening here. that would be cool 2 see. if anyone has heard of or experienced. let me know.

WE had the cicadas in Durham North Carolina I think some time in the late eightys. My German Shepherd dogs ate hundreds of them.

They are prominent in Tennessee every 13 years. The last time they appeared was 1998. They are part of nature but, golly bum, they`re annoying when you`re otside trying to accomplish something - like mowing the lawn. At times I`ve jumped off the mower because it was so bad - I felt like I was being attacked. You people in Chicago have my sympathies.

Growing up in southwest Texas, we use to catch them.
Very carefully we tie sewing thread on their bodies and let fly as we held on to the other end. Our own live kites.

I live in San Antonio, Tx. When my son was a teenager he used to get a blanket and lay out under the trees in the front yard and shoot the little buggers with his BB gun. I never could see them but he must have had 20/20 vision.

I love cicadas, they are wonderful especially in my smoothie. I found they really keep me regular. I added a few to my smoothie with some strawberries. YUM-O as Rachel Ray would say. You need a good handful to get the Cicada flavor. I'm gonna collect as many as I can and freeze them so I can keep it going after they're gone.

HAVEN'T SEEN ANY HERE IN LOCKPORT AS OF YET.. I HEAR THEM IN THE FOREST PRESERVES THOUGH GOING DOWN 83.. LOVE THE SOUND!!

Downers Grove has plenty of them! I heard last week that we have one of the highest concentrations of them, that explains how loud they are! Kinda cool to wake up to them though.

How can they be around "every year" and in different places last year and so forth when they are EVERY 17 YEARS? It is a little early for me- I do work nights...but I'm not getting it??

We have annual cicadas here on the prairie. My daughter in Winnetka, Ill. calls so I can hear their cicadas over the phone. Impressive cacophony of sound! Linda

1973 small town Iowa. One of those moments, a memory one I wanted to imprint for the future. Was with my grandparents and family at a picnic. Listening and watching. A moment. No longer in the Midwest, enjoy, make a memory. Where will you be in 17 years, 34 years? Cheers

Was raised in the burbs of LaGrange, Hinsdale, Brookfield. Remember the Cicada's in the 70's,as a kid drove me nuts glad to hear there back and that I am in Oregon.Will be traveling to Illinois for part of the summer but will miss them by the time I get there.....darn...Sleep well Chicago

my wife was gardening yesterday and they started coming up through the dirt. Within an hour she was positively COVERED in cicadas, all over her arms and in her hair. Ran in the house screaming her head off. Me, I got the gasoline out and torched the little %$#@! Yaep, won't be bothering THESE Chicagoans no more, yaep.

To the person which lives on the south side of Chicago, I understand your lack of understanding since you have not come across a cicada. However, if you would leave your little slice of heaven and venture out into some of the other areas mentioned, you will see that there are billions of these bugs around. I reside in a south suburb of Chicago and I had not seen ANY. But, my husband and I went to dinner in another suburb which is less than a ten minute drive from our home and I was scared to leave the car. Upon approaching the restaurant, I turned down the radio because their sound was amazingly loud. A friend who met us for dinner stated that Olympia Fields and Flossmoor are covered by these bugs. Whereas another couple which were with us stated that the area which they live, in Frankfort does not have any; however, other areas in the same town have infestations. Their "coming out" parties are totally geographical.

I live in Barrington IL. No cicadas. I'm very disappointed. My daughter would have loved it.

Could somebody please ship me a box of cicadas WITH their wings attached. I need them for fairy art. I'll pay for them!

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I grew up in Franklin Park and enjoyed the sounds of summer especially the Cicadas. Don't know what bug it is but we have the same bug sounds down here on a daily basis and everytime I hear it, it brings back the old days.

I'm from the east coast, but live in Colorado, so I miss some summer delights like the buzzing of cicadas and the twinkling of fireflies. I do have to say, though, that I think cicadas are better heard and not seen--they do creep me out. I think I would freak if I encountered swarms of them, or, god forbid, one or more landed in my hair. And as to the question some have posed about why they are seen every summer if they only come out every 17 years--wouldn't they come out in shifts? That would be my guess.

I LIVE IN RURAL LAKE GENEVA AND WE HAVE MANY OAK TREES. THE CICADAS ARE ALL OVER. I EMPTIED MY POOL BASKET THIS MORNING AND IT WAS FULL OF DEAD CICADAS. THEY MUST HAVE BEEN THIRSTY. THE POOL FILTERS ARE GETTING CLOGGED BECAUSE OF THE OVER POPULATION OF THE CICADAS. I'M GLAD THEIR ONLY HERE FOR A SHORT TIME

There is an annual cicada that comes out every summer. It is green with clear wings. You may see them early in the morning on the sidewalk usually dead. You will hear them in the trees in the evening, but they do not swarm around.

The 17 and 13 year cicada are the ones that swarm all around and attack you. No!! They really do not attack, but they will land on you and I really do not like them. I have a fear of bugs and the last time they were here I had to take an anxiety medication to go outside so that I could go to work.
D.D Cincinnati, Ohio

here in Texas we have them every year. the noise drives me crazy.