Cicadas are mostly harmless; dogs find them delicious.

From: The Janesville Gazette (Janesville, WI) | Date: June 5, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Chris Schultz

Jun. 5--LAKE GENEVA-The cicada invasion is in full swing around Geneva Lake.

Some folks are flocking into the area to see them. And some dogs can't wait to eat them.

Also called 17-year-locusts, the cicadas, which are in fact not locusts, emerge from the ground once every 17 years to sing, mate and die.

They are related to the cicadas that hatch annually and usually are heard in late August.

By now, most of the harmless, orange-eyed, 1 1/2-inch insects are out of their pupae stage, climbing trees and generally blundering about while ...

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