Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Artist Stephen Bradley spent a week making cicada-based art during a residency at Sangchris Lake State Park in Rochester, Illinois, on June 3, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A soft white adult cicada molts out of its nymphal shell on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 30, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - An adult cicada on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 30, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A soft white adult cicada molts out of its nymphal shell on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 30, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - The wings of a newly molted adult cicada hanging from its discarded exoskeleton on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 23, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Montreal-based audio artist Alex Lane records cicada mating calls from a tree at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Illinois, on June 3 2024. Lane and filmmaker Matthew Wolkow identified the calls as coming from what they believe to be the different cicada broods. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A soft white adult cicada molts from its nymphal shell on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, on May 23, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Artist Stephen Bradley spent a week making cicada-based art during a residency at Sangchris Lake State Park in Rochester, Illinois, on June 3, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM