When mom was here (up in Chicago) last week she noticed a strange humming chirping noise that seems to be pulsing out of thin air. Them thar's cicadas. Every year about this time they come up out of the ground, climb whatever vertical object happens to be near (usually a tree), molt, then try to find a mate before they kick the bucket about ten days later. The try to find a mate by making the most tremendous racket you've ever heard.
Here's a better description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
Anyway, this is the year of 17-year cicada, so named because it has been in the ground for 17 years and people remember their parents. The folks that keep track of such things expect an enormous swarm and proportional amount of noise. Which should be interesting.
I'll post a picture of one of the critters if I get a chance.
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