News-Gazette (May 26) – Veterinarians with the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine offer reassurances that the double-brood emergence in 2024 need not pose a threat to our pets, but point out that use of pesticides negatively affects wildlife. Not only could wild animals ingest the poisons by eating insects that have been sprayed, but the pesticides could also eliminate insect populations that native wildlife rely on for food.
Cicadas and Pets, Wildlife
