The return of the Magi(cicada)

The return of the Magi(cicada)

By Don Cipollini In the early summer of 2021, Yellow Springs was treated to a deafening shrill on sunny afternoons that was enough to drive you crazy. That year, southwestern Ohio was graced with an emergence of 17-year periodical cicadas — genus Magicicada — of Brood X, the second emergence of this brood that I have witnessed in my 25 years in town. This year, we have only a smattering of periodical cicadas in town, but they increase in abundan…