The Dupage County Forest Preserve is having some fun teaching people about them.
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The forest preserve released a video on social media, reenacting how cicadas will emerge after 17 years.
A woman even climbs up a tree in the video, and she sheds her "exoskeleton." In this case, it's her jacket.
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After that is when cicadas show their true colors. That's when the video starts including costumes.
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The forest preserve workers dressed like bugs for the video.
One "cicada" uses a musical instrument that is supposed to represent how the males attract female mates.
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The reenactment continues with showing how the female cicadas dig into trees to lay eggs.