Over the spring of 2024 in Illinois there was a larger than normal surge in the Cicada population, thanks in part to two broads emerging from the ground at the same time. While some areas only saw limited number of the insects, others saw them in large numbers. Although, nothing like a “black out the sky” type of swarm one foreign news agency was hoping to have me photograph for them.
However, like most living things they prefer being in a natural environment. With baseball taking up a lot of green space, the cicadas couldn’t seem to stay away from taking in a game or two. Here’s some of my favorite shots from the 2024 baseball season.
A cicada flys by as a De La Salle player swings during the Class 3A Crestwood Supersectional at Ozinga Field in Crestwood on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson)A Lemont player picks a cicada off of a teammate’s hat as they watch a relief pitcher warm up in the Class 3A Crestwood Supersectional at Ozinga Field in Crestwood on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson)Not a cicada, but a moth, flies by in the Class 3A Crestwood Supersectional at Ozinga Field in Crestwood on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown)Reaching around because he felt something on his back. The third base coach of De La Salle scares off a cicada that was hanging out during the Class 3A Crestwood Supersectional at Ozinga Field in Crestwood on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown)
