2013 - The 17 Year Cicadas
emerge once more
One of the more fun-filled
historic events is the life-cycle of the 17 year Cicada. They
last appeared from our soil in 1996 and they will remerge in the
future in the year 2030. But this year, they are ours to enjoy
again as they dig their way out of the soil and begin their
joyful chirping. Finally they will swarm into the sky, mate, and
come back down to lay their eggs for the next 17 year incubation
period.
Cicada Map
The silly-stupid news media call it an
"invasion" of the cicadas, but they have been here all
along, buried in our soil. If anything, we are the
invaders, covering up their homes with our streets, parking lots,
and homes. Every 17 years they have to deal with a completely
changed environment when they crawl out to begin their few short
days in the sun. Imagine goiong to bed and waking up the next
day, 17 years later, to find that your bedroom is gone and
someone has covered you up in a junkyard, or paved over your
entire house with a parking lot for strange new machines. But
they endure and still share the earth with us, as we must learn
to share it with them.