By John Pierce
Periodical cicadas are now emerging in Macon’s Wesleyan Woods.
Evidence of the variety that appears like clockwork on a 13-year cycle can be seen throughout our wooded backyard.
While no beauties, these cicadas are harmless, entomologists say. They are not to be confused with destructive locusts.
Rather these red-eyed creatures just emerge, live for a while and then leave something behind.
Brood XIX cicada and shells. Photos by John Pierce.
Sound familiar?
By the way,
while they are here,
they sing.
Director of the Jesus Worldview Initiative at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and former executive editor and publisher at Good Faith Media.
