How to Make Cicadas Shut Up

Check out this entertaining article about those noisy cicadas in Indiana.  I would be surprised if you have not heard them making the shrill mating and congregation calls of the adults the past few months. Two groups of cicadas, (periodical and annual) occur in Indiana and they are primarily nuisance pests, but some real cicada damage occurs as a result of these insects killing small tree branches and twigs when they lay their eggs.

Click here to read the full article by Timothy J. Gibb, Extension Entomology, Purdue University.