Mutant blue-eyed cicadas discovered outside Chicago during rare double brood event
Most of the periodical cicadas emerging across the eastern U.S. in this year’s rare dual emergence event have blood-red eyes, but sightings of blue-eyed variants have recently been reported. Four-year-old Jack Bailey from Wheaton, Illinois, discovered a blue-eyed cicada in his family’s yard during this year’s dual emergence. (Image credit: The Field Museum) Trillions of red-eyed…