prairie cicada
prairie cicada
Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, IL USA
I spent the last few days on a road trip downstate visiting the remaining prairie remnants in Illinois. 99.9% of the original prairie of Illinois (the Prairie State) has been lost, most of it converted to farmland. To be fair, converted prairie is probably the best farmland in the world. But it's tragic that so little of the original prairie remains.
The prairie cicada is unusual in that the adult doesn't live in trees. A true prairie has almost no trees. Instead, he hangs out on tall, thick plant stems and is pretty easy to find in a healthy prairie.
prairie cicada
prairie cicada
Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, IL USA
I spent the last few days on a road trip downstate visiting the remaining prairie remnants in Illinois. 99.9% of the original prairie of Illinois (the Prairie State) has been lost, most of it converted to farmland. To be fair, converted prairie is probably the best farmland in the world. But it's tragic that so little of the original prairie remains.
The prairie cicada is unusual in that the adult doesn't live in trees. A true prairie has almost no trees. Instead, he hangs out on tall, thick plant stems and is pretty easy to find in a healthy prairie.