A Last Vestige of the Famed 2007 Cicada Invasion

The cicadas have been gone for several weeks now. For the most part, many people did not even see any. It was sort of hit and miss.

One major place they were was in Bull Valley, Il. On Wednesday, we drove down Bull Valley Road between Woodstock and McHenry, one of the great scenic drives in Illinois to my way of thinking. I noticed that the majority of the trees has dead leaves at the ends of the limbs, the result of hungry and pressed-for-time cicadas.

We were told that this would happen, but it was not a danger to mature trees, which would easily recover. It was suggested that people with newly-planted trees wrap the leaves in fabric, but usually this was not necessary unless there was a heavy infestation.

Say Goodbye Cicadies. --RoadDog