>> SO WHILE CHICAGOANS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE GRAND EMERGENCE, SOUTHERN STATES ARE ALREADY BUZZING.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY, WHAT LEE JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.

PATTY, WE CAN EXPECT A BUNCH OF BUGS.

I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED.

SUPER EXCITED AS AS ALWAYS.

WORD WE HEARD THE CICADAS STARTING TO EMERGE.

I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY COME OUT AND STATES LIKE MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHERN STATES, THEY'RE FULL ON SO HEAD TO.

>> ANY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL, UNHEALTHY.

LOTS OF VIDEOS FROM PEOPLE EITHER LOVE AND OR HATE IN MOST STATES.

BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY REALLY HITTING FULL EMERGENCE NOW IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

THOSE FOR US IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, THEY'VE GOT A DIFFERENT BROOD.

THEN WE'RE EXPECTING HERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE BECAUSE IT'S SO DEPENDENT ON SOIL TEMPERATURE, THAT'S WHY WE MIGHT LAGGING A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR SOUTHERN COUNTERPARTS BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE SOIL TO HIT 64 DEGREES.

AND THEN HERE.

THEY'LL COVER BUDDY OUT.

YEAH.

SO HOW ARE PEOPLE DESCRIBING WHAT THEY I HEARD A LOT DIFFERENT DESCRIPTION, SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY SOUND LIKE IF YOU'RE WATCHING TV LIKE AN OLD 1960'S MOVIE, WHAT SHIP MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE IT KIND OF LIKE A.

>> DOWN MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF SOMEBODY ELSE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE GOVERNMENT MIND CONTROL.

SO THINK THAT'S WHAT SOME STEADY STREAM OF NOISE JUST, YOU KNOW, MESSING WITH OUR BRAIN WAVES.

IT'S ALLOWED TO DO YES, IT'S OKAY.

WE CAN EXPECT SORRY.

IT'S WE'RE EXCITED.

CAN CHICAGO EXPECT ITS EMERGENCE OF I MEAN, HONESTLY, I WAS CHECKING SOME OF MY FACEBOOK PAGE IS TODAY AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE BUT IT'S VERY KIND OF SPOTTY.

SO WHERE YOU HAVE OLDER TREES IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TEND TO SEE THEM MORE THAN IF YOU LIVE IN A SUBURB.

MAYBE THAT GREW UP OUT OF FARMLAND.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

>> SORRY, PLACES LIKE NORTH SHORE, PARK.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A FALL EMERGENT.

I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT SAY I'VE SEEN THEM HERE SPRING I'M NOT SEEING THEM IN NAPERVILLE.

I'M SEEING THEM HERE.

I'M NOT SEEING THEM THERE, BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO TO SLOWLY COME OUT.

SO WE ALSO LEARNED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD RAINS AND SOME OF THEM WERE GETTING LIKE FLUSH OUT OF THERE.

HEIDI HOLES FALSE ALARM.

BUT THEY ARE STARTING NOW.

I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK ISH OR SO.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT 50 YEAR-OLD TREE, YEAH, IN YOUR YARD.

YEAH.

THEY'RE GOING TO COMING OUT OF TREE YESTERDAY FOR THAT.

HOW PEOPLE GETTING READY FOR THIS?

>> WELL, SOME FOLKS ARE WRAPPING THEIR YOUNG TREE SAPLINGS.

IF YOU HAVE A TREE THAT'S MAYBE A YEAR TO ALL.

DEFINITELY WAS NOT BE YEAR TO PLANT A TREE THIS SPRING.

>> THEY'RE PUTTING THEM IN NETTING AROUND THEM.

THAT THE INDEX THEMSELVES DON'T REALLY HURT THE TREES WHEN THEY FLOCK ON THEM BY THE HUNDREDS OR WHATNOT.

>> BUT THE FEMALES DO MAKE THESE CUTS IN VERY TENDER BRANCHES AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LAY THEIR EGGS.

AND THAT CAN DAMAGE A YOUNG TREE AND OLDER TREE CAN WITHSTAND THAT.

IT JUST MIGHT NOT LOOK SO PRETTY.

BUT I'VE SEEN IMAGES OF LAKE DOESN'T LOOK GREAT.

THIS YEAR.

IT'S FINE NEXT YEAR.

SO SO 30 SECONDS LEFT.

PATTY, HOW EXCITED ARE YOU?

I MEAN, I'M SEEN HOW PEOPLE REACT.

I WAS AROUND FOR THE LAST ONE AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY IN MY PART OF THE CITY.

SO I'M DEFINITELY GOING AHEAD TO SOME FOREST PRESERVES THIS TIME AND TRYING TO THE GET A VARIANCE, MAYBE FROM A I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL SEE.

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