One in a Million Blue-Eyed Cicada Joins the Field Museum's Research Collections
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 23 (TNSres) -- The Field Museum issued the following news release:
The cicadas emerging by the billions in Illinois this spring have bright orange-red eyes--all except a precious few. A rare mutation, described by experts as being "one in a million," causes the cicadas' normally red eyes to be gray-ish blue. One of these rare cicadas was found by a family in the Chicago suburbs, and they have donated it to the Field Museum.
This spe . . .
The cicadas emerging by the billions in Illinois this spring have bright orange-red eyes--all except a precious few. A rare mutation, described by experts as being "one in a million," causes the cicadas' normally red eyes to be gray-ish blue. One of these rare cicadas was found by a family in the Chicago suburbs, and they have donated it to the Field Museum.
This spe . . .