Meet the North Aurora Woman Who Collected Over 6,000 Cicadas

PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS – MAY 29: Cicadas from a 17-year-old cicada brood and shells shed by cicada nymphs lie at the base of a tree on May 29, 2024 in Park Ridge, Illinois. Illinois is currently experiencing a simultaneous emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX cicadas. This rare event has not occurred since 1803. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

North Aurora resident Bettina Sailer joins Lisa Dent to explain why she was on a mission to collect as many cicadas as possible after missing the previous emergence 17 years ago.