GEAUGA PARK DISTRICT
For more information on these programs, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit them online at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
An Invasion of Periodical Proportions
Geauga Park District encourages celebration of 17-year cicada emergence in the parks.
Get on the Cicada Brood V Call List to get a phone call when the emergence begins, inviting one out to Big Creek Park in Chardon Township, home of a known population of cicadas, to join a naturalist from 8-10 p.m. that night.
For kids ages 3-5 with adults, there’s Timbertots: Cicada Spectacular! on May 29 from 1-2 p.m. at Big Creek Park’s Donald W. Meyer Center, and May 31 from 10-11 a.m. or 1-2 p.m. at Orchard Hills Park’s lodge. Registration is required.
All ages are also welcome to attend the Cicada Spectacle program on June 4 from 2-3 p.m. at Big Creek Park for another close-up look and information about these incredible insects.
Learn more about the periodical cicada emergence from Chief Naturalist John Kolar by watching the video on the front page of park district’s website.