The Swarm is Upon Us!

The largest brood of cicadas is due to emerge in the U.S. How exciting!

They are of the enchanting-sounding Magicicada subspecies, and they will be down along the east coast from Maryland to Georgia, and in the Midwest from Iowa to Oklahoma. Report sighting and find out more here.

When I first saw a cicada in Illinois I had a purple meltdown and smashed it with a tennis racket. The insect did not die quietly. Cicadas rarely do anything quietly.

P.S: Clearly, the rapture is nigh!