Cicada Invasion
A cicada looks out from atop a leaf in Chevy Chase, Md., Monday, May 10, 2021. Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press
Cicada Invasion
A cicada looks out from atop a leaf in Chevy Chase, Md., Monday, May 10, 2021. Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press

Around the Chicago area, cicadas are starting to emerge, and you could see many, many more soon. Next year, the din will get even louder as 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas come out of the ground.

Reset checks in with a cicada expert to learn everything there is to know about the fascinating insects.

GUEST: Allen Lawrance, associate curator of entomology at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Cicada Invasion
A cicada looks out from atop a leaf in Chevy Chase, Md., Monday, May 10, 2021. Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press
Cicada Invasion
A cicada looks out from atop a leaf in Chevy Chase, Md., Monday, May 10, 2021. Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press

Around the Chicago area, cicadas are starting to emerge, and you could see many, many more soon. Next year, the din will get even louder as 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas come out of the ground.

Reset checks in with a cicada expert to learn everything there is to know about the fascinating insects.

GUEST: Allen Lawrance, associate curator of entomology at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum