General Real Estate @ 14 Jun 2007 03:19 pm by judyorr
Oak Lawn real estate is one of the top sales areas in the southwest suburbs with more total residential properties sold in 2006 (821 total properties) than in Orland Park (791 total properties), another popular suburb. But I have only found one actual cicada in my Oak Lawn backyard.
I know anyone that lives and drives around in the suburbs have been bombarded by these insects, especially when driving through the forest preserve areas such as in Palos Park. So cicadas must prefer specific areas over others.
I saw on the news the other day that one criteria for their selection of where they’ll emerge is where they were 17 years ago and one of the determinants for this is surrounding construction that disrupts their “habitat.” So it only makes sense that since they love trees they’re going to be around forest preserves more than developed cities, although they can be found all over.
My son, grandkids & I visited a Palos Park walking trail last week and my son almost wouldn’t get out of his van (he hates bugs). The cicadas were flying all over, especially in the parking lot and at the trail entrance. However, once we got onto the actual path it wasn’t bad at all. My son calmed down after a bit.
I’m not a lover of bugs but it seems they are pretty harmless. I will say that with their flying around and their size, if they hit you it is definitely felt. In fact, I swear I felt a little pinch when one landed on my leg. I have never had to wash my windshield so much!
I keep trying to explain to my 4 year old grandkids that they won’t see these again for another 17 years but I don’t think they understand. Sounds like we have about 2 more weeks of the invasion but I actually think I’ll miss them, and I also don’t like to think how old I’ll be the next time they arrive.
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