Are cicadas louder this year?

<p>From Garfield Park to Lake View, from Oak Park to Belmont-Cragin, cicadas are singing their summer chorus across the Chicago area.</p><h3>Cicadas make a racket every summer. But is the cacophony of buzzing, whirring and droning louder this year?</h3><p>It’s “inconclusive” whether they’re louder, said Spencer Campbell, the Morton Arboretum's senior manager of natural areas. Anecdotally, Campbell said, cicadas seem louder this year, which could have something to do with a very hot summer in the

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