Mutant Cicadas Invade Illinois
An alert 6-year old from Downer's Grove, Illinois discovered a mutant cicada, obviously a spy for the Animal Uprising™, sneaking up on his family. He alerted the proper authorities, in this case, his Mom.
Nicholas Wagner's mother, Maria, said her son learned about the blue-eyed bugs in kindergarten, so he decided to go out and hunt for one himself.
"`Mommy, I found a blue-eyed cicada!'" he yelled upon the discovery, his mother recalled. "He's been looking for a long time." (Ed. Note: He's six - how long could he have been looking?)
While the boy's find was rare, it's not unheard of.
The blue eyes are caused by a genetic variation, said Gene Kritsky, author of "Periodical Cicadas: The Plague and the Puzzle."
Blue-eyed cicadas are indeed one in a million, Kritsky confirmed. "Of course," he added, "there are hundreds of millions of cicadas."
Yes, Brood XIII has emerged - no word on any crashed weddings yet, but they do have mutants.Well, either that or they're actually Norwegian cicadas.
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By Lars Walker, Sunday, 10 June , 2007 @ 7:41 am
Norwegian cicadas do not follow the 17 year cycle pattern. Instead, Norwegian cicadas only come out when you give them coffee.
By Purple Avenger, Sunday, 10 June , 2007 @ 1:14 pm
I bet that blue eyed one could get rich making cicada porn.
By wheels, Monday, 11 June , 2007 @ 1:57 pm
So, if it has blue eyes, does that mean it’s trying to disguise itself as a WASP?