For kids ages 3-5 with adults, there’s Timbertots: Cicada Spectacular! to engage them in the phenomenon Sunday, May 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Big Creek Park’s Donald W. Meyer Center, and Tuesday, May 31, from 10 to 11 a.m. or 1 to 2 p.m. at Orchard Hills Park’s lodge.
Registration is required at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org or 440-286-9516.
All ages are also welcome to attend the Cicada Spectacle program on Saturday, June 4, from 2 to 3 p.m. at Big Creek Park for another close-up look and information about these incredible insects.
Learn more about the periodical cicada emergence (and impress your friends later) from Chief Naturalist John Kolar by watching the video on the front page of www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
Then keep an eye on Geauga Park District’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for up-to-the-minute information on the impending emergence – which, remember, won’t happen again until 2033.