You might be mentally prepared for Illinois' massive cicada emergence coming up. But there's one part of the insect's arrival that you may have not considered: the surfacing of the Cicada Killer Wasp.
We are starting to see the most impressive wasp found in Ohio. Eastern cicada killers (Specius speciosus) are large, solitary wasps. The cicada killer is one of the largest wasps in North America.
Some insect aficionados have decided to turn lemons into lemonade — or rather, make a meal out of cicada season. Those who've tried eating cicadas have called them "the shrimp of the land." ...