Cicada sculptures emerge as bugs take flight in parts of the US
and last updated 2021-06-01 14:46:54-04
BALTIMORE, Md. â In neighborhoods and city parks in parts of the country, Americans are being greeted by the distinct buzzing sound of cicadas emerging after nearly two decades of growing underground. And their reemergence has become an inspiration for an unusual public art exhibit in Baltimore, Maryland.
That sound that millions of Americans are hearing as cicadas emerge from hibernation is the male species of the bug working as quickly as possible to attract a female to mate with. They have six weeks to live before they die.