Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease
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An adult periodical cicada crawls along a fence in Mayumi Barrack's backyard in Forest Park, Ill., Thursday, June 6, 2024. Barrack has taken more than 4,600 photos of cicadas in her backyard. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Declan Minogue, 10, of Homosassa, Fla., watches an adult periodical cicada climb up his T-shirt at Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center in Oak Brook, Ill., on Thursday, June 6, 2024. The periodical cicadas that have blanketed parts of the American Midwest this spring are strange creatures, but they have nothing on some of their superfans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Handcrafted cicada jewelry by Julie Nathanson-Abrams is displayed for sale at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. This necklace is made of UV resin and collected fallen cicada wings. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Adult periodical cicadas, one in the process of shedding its nymphal skin at left, cling to a tree on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)An adult periodical cicada moves in the grass on Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Periodical cicada, in the process of shedding their nymphal skins, cling to a tree branch early Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)An adult periodical cicada flutters against the waters of Lake Springfield at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Renee Martin performs her cicada striptease in fishnet stockings and a cicada nymph puppet costume in a Cincinnati ally on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The periodical cicadas that have blanketed parts of the American Midwest this spring are strange creatures, but they have nothing on some of their superfans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)As light shines through a leaf behind, a periodical cicada nymphal skin is left on a tree Friday, May 17, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Renee Martin, left, laughs after performing her cicada striptease in fishnet stockings and a cicada nymph puppet costume in a Cincinnati ally on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Audience members seated from left are, Lizzy DuQuette, Kalie Krause, Courtney Combs-Mock and Rae Fisher. The periodical cicadas that have blanketed parts of the American Midwest this spring are strange creatures, but they have nothing on some of their superfans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A periodical cicada nymph clings to the tip of a twig on late Friday, May 17, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)An adult cicada periodical cicada sheds its nymphal skin late Friday, May 17, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A blue-eyed periodical cicada is held in a gloved hand at the Morton Arboretum on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Lisle, Ill. Blue-eyed periodical cicadas are the result of a rare mutation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Mayumi Barrack photographs periodical cicadas on a fence in her backyard, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Forest Park, Ill. Barrack has taken more than 4,600 photos of cicadas in her backyard. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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An adult periodical cicada crawls along a fence in Mayumi Barrack's backyard in Forest Park, Ill., Thursday, June 6, 2024. Barrack has taken more than 4,600 photos of cicadas in her backyard. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
