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Cicadas liven up Staten Island with song and sex

Magicicada septendecim Brood II cicadas emerged this year along the East Coast after spending 17 years underground as nymphs.

Magicicada septendecim Brood II cicadas emerged this year along the East Coast after spending 17 years underground as nymphs.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The orange-eyed bugs put the borough in the spotlight, with an estimated 600 insects for every human.

Cicadas come alive

Six-year-old Aren Kempf of Staten Island holds a dead cicada he collected and plans to take home.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Cicadas come alive

Cicadas emerge from underground, leaving behind holes.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Cicadas come alive

Ed Johnson of the Staten Island Museum leads a cicada tour on Staten Island.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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