April Special Edition

The Cheerful Cicada

What do you know about the Cicada?
Well, it’s a very special and friendly bug. Tell
me, would you ever wait nine or twelve years
to see a friend back? That’s just what happens
when you meet a cicada!
Every summer, particularly from mid-March
throughout April, the fields and woods are
crowded with adults cicadas. Can you imagine
hearing all the voices of a chorus singing
together? Their chirpy melodies fill the air early
in the morning and in the evenings
with great intensity.
They fly from trees to trees. I may say that this
is the love season for Cicadas mate and hatch
almost 300 to 400 little white eggs under the
ground. Then it takes 7 to 12 or more years,
depending on the species, for a new
generation of Cicadas to spring from the earth
giving summer its characteristic chirpy
welcome. We may agree that it is just a
wonderful gift of God!