DuPage County, Illinois video on cicadas attracts Stephen Colbert's attention
CHICAGO -- The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has been getting a lot of buzz for an entertaining video it posted on periodical cicadas.On Wednesday of last week, the forest preserve district featured 'The Life Cycle of a 17-Year Cicada,' in which district ecology supervisor Tom Velat explained how cicadas emerge from the ground, crawl out of their exoskeletal shells, and acquire their dark brown to black color, orange wings, and red eyes after a few days.
' 'Let me just say when I was struggling for acting work in Illinois, I would have killed for the part of cicada in larval stage,' Colbert said in his monologue. 'But just like everything else, the part would have gone to Steve Carell. He just had that certain je ne sais-cada.'This did not escape the notice of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, where President Daniel Hebreard posted a whimsical message to Colbert on Thursday.
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