Field Museum obtains rare blue-eyed cicada, scientists will try to solve color mystery
The rare blue-eyed cicada found this week in suburban Chicago has found a venerable home: The Field Museum.The Field Museum's scientists will try to sequence its DNA to potentially learn more about the genes responsible for its blue eyes. This specimen, a female Magicicada cassini, is the first blue-eyed cicada ever added to the Field Museum's collections of cicadas dating back more than a century, the museum said.
These rare insect emergences are always infertile and can not have offspring, which is why they remain so rare.' The cicada has since died as they have very short life spans.For now, the cicada will be on display at the museum's Science Hub during cicada-themed Meet a Scientist events, which will be held weekly through the end of June. It will then be added to the museum's behind-the-scenes collections. Locating the blue-eyed bugger was a family endeavor.
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