A new walk, a new “Cicada Parade-A” sighting.
See a previous post, “Cicada Parade-A 2024” / Sponsor, then decorate your own Cicada!”
The first cicada I saw was higher in the tree. This one had lower placement, so I saw it immediately. Also, being painted in a reddish pink color made it stand out.
The Insect Asylum (taxidermist & insect museum) and Formstone Castle Art (create art for festivals & events) are promoting this Cicada Parade-A project to anyone who wants to participate. You sponsor a cicada by paying a fee, then you can decorate your cicada and it is put up somewhere in IL. Although, I saw a video that mentioned someone out of state bought a cicada to bring to their home town. So, everyone can participate.
Go to The Insect Asylum website, you can see a map of where the cicadas are.
If I keep exploring new neighborhoods, I’ll most likely find more, right?! Summer is not over yet!
Brilliant Viewpoint 
That is so unique. You could have come into my Palm Springs backyard and found Cicada skeletons clinging to our palm tree trunks.
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😉🌺
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Way cool. Gotta love it.
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We are missing out here in Coastal Georgia.
No sounds, no sights, no nothing.
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It’s probably better. They are loud, and when you walk on side walks it can be crunchy. LOL. Interesting video on them. https://youtu.be/cprkGk_KW0o?feature=shared
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The cicadas have arrived in Western South Carolina, (and I don’t mean the kind you decorate and put up on trees, ha). I think the heat and humidity coax them out of the ground. One night last week I heard one; literally ONE. The next night it was two or three. Now you hear so many it’s hard to distinguish one from another. But I have yet to actually SEE one, and they only sound off at night. If any are dying at the base of trees, I think they become food for other insects or animals before I have the chance to see them. Circle of life… 🙂
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LOL – that’s exactly how it goes. You hear a few and then suddenly it’s this constant buzzing sound. Years ago I thought it was the electric telephone wires that were buzzing until someone said it was the cicadas.
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Thats a big one … 😉
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I like the one you found better than the real ones.
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