I love cicadas of all kinds and enjoyed your article (Sex-mad and spectacular: 17 incredible facts about cicadas, 26 May). This was before the internet; I had no TV and, as a grad student, had left the wedding planning to my future mother-in-law, who lived on-site. So I had no idea that my wedding was to be joined by thousands upon thousands of beautiful, noisy guests – Brood XIII. My partner and children travelled back to the Morton Arboretum in 2007 for our first cicada anniversary, and we’re making plans for our second cicada anniversary in 2024. I don’t care about the “material by year” anniversary gifts, but marking every 17 years with an insect has been magical.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2021 17:13 UTC