The 17 year cicada is here. (locust) PIC HEAVY.

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Y'all need more lizards around to eat those bugs.

Is that a mud duaber wasp that green anole is munching on?

 

[Merkava_4]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Is that a mud duaber wasp that green anole is munching on?


It looks like it doesn't it ? I'm not sure.

 

[SubLGT]

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/sci...-x-every-17-years-cicada-swarm-coming-rcna429

Beginning in late April or early May [of 2021], once the ground is warm enough, billions of Brood X cicadas will be seen across a dozen states⁠, stretching from Illinois to the west, Georgia to the south, and New York to the northeast⁠. The young cicadas, called "nymphs," claw their way out of the ground and climb up to shed their skins one last time and transform into adults. They will have only a few weeks to sing, mate and begin the cycle again.

There are seven species of North American periodical cicadas, all in the genus Magicicada. Four species live on a 13-year cycle, and three for 17 years.

Simon and Kasson said they hope that people will choose to venture out and observe Brood X while they have a chance.

Thousands of small animals buzzing about may feel overwhelming or uncomfortable to some. But the cicadas are harmless and, according to Simon, a bit goofy.

"Cicadas are very gentle; they don't bite or sting. They're not attracted to people; they're attracted to noises," she explained.

 

[pezzy84]

I absolutely despise Cicada's - ever since I had one fly right into my face as a kid and just drop dead right at my feet. The sounds they make are incredible in their DB level. I think someone above mentioned it and one of my local weather people mentioned it as well that they are a good thermometer as they only sing above a certain temp, well not a thermometer per say but a 'well its above or below XYZ temp'.

 

[Pew]

This is why I want to move to Antarctica.

 

[Benzadmiral]

I've got to listen to those things again? I've always thought that the sound they make is what a loony hears just before he puts the gun to his head. Or gets out on the Interstate, shuts his eyes, and rams his foot to the floor.

 

[Benzadmiral]

I absolutely despise Cicada's - ever since I had one fly right into my face as a kid and just drop dead right at my feet. The sounds they make are incredible in their DB level. I think someone above mentioned it and one of my local weather people mentioned it as well that they are a good thermometer as they only sing above a certain temp, well not a thermometer per say but a 'well its above or below XYZ temp'.

Not just a certain temp but humidity level too. It's gotten so I associate the horrible weather here with that sawing noise.

 

[pezzy84]

I've got to listen to those things again? I've always thought that the sound they make is what a loony hears just before he puts the gun to his head. Or gets out on the Interstate, shuts his eyes, and rams his foot to the floor.

I don't know about where you are at but we have the annual ones here so have the luxury of listening to it every summer. They are very fond of the Japanese Maple immediately off my patio.

 

[OilReport99]

I don't know about where you are at but we have the annual ones here so have the luxury of listening to it every summer. They are very fond of the Japanese Maple immediately off my patio.

I've never noticed the difference between one year and the next, not even when the "cicada cycle" comes in. In my Florida neck of the woods, they're always singing and annoying you.

 

[OilReport99]

This is why I want to move to Antarctica.

They have "Things" down there...

 

[kschachn]

One day I was in the driveway and I heard a cicada flying around, it was being closely followed by two sparrows like two fighter jets in hot pursuit. The cicada made a fatal navigation error right into a garage door and those two sparrows were on it in an instant. So I guess they are good to eat

 

[clinebarger]

So why do I hear Cicadas EVERY summer??

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

Friday, I was mowing some acreage near Carrollton Ohio in preparation for the memorial day cookout.

They started coming out of the ground literally.. then they molt on every available surface... then fly around and generally make TONS OF NOISE.

http://www.hometownstations.com/story/32087911/17-year-cicadas-start-to-appear-in-ohio
Quote:

17-year cicadas start to appear in Ohio
Posted: May 28, 2016 10:16 AM EST
Updated: May 28, 2016 10:16 AM EST

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - The anticipated arrival of the 17-year cicadas is at hand in eastern Ohio.

The prawn-sized insects are starting to emerge from the ground, attach themselves to trees and shed their exoskeletons. Then they'll emerge as flying creatures with red eyes and orange wings and feet. This particular group - or brood - was last seen in eastern Ohio and much of West Virginia in 1999.

The cicadas mate, and the females will lay eggs before the adults die off in about a month. The nymphs will fall to ground, burrow and live for another 17 years.

Residents may hear them before they see them. The collective mating call of the males has been known to drown out the sound of jet planes passing overhead.


THEY ARE super loud its creepy sounding.

First one I saw Friday morning.. it was molting.

After molting they look like this

By Saturday night they looked like this

off-topic
my gas mileage today was good.. computer is generally about .5mpg optimistic .. on the way home it was -2mpg from A/C

1 minute after arrival.. my new buddy found me.. they were literally falling out of the trees after molting.
ps dont mind the Brace and Michael Jackson glove thats my "broken" arm.

1 out of 30million locust agree..Michelin Tires rock

Exoskeletons on random tree.. were literally thousands within 50ft.

One of the smaller fields I mowed... golf course eh.

And finally some distant relatives brought their pet turkey..... yes pet turkey.

The link doesn't open for me.

 

[Lubener]

So why do I hear Cicadas EVERY summer??

What you hear every summer is not the 17 year ones. When those emerge, the sound will be deafening day and night and you will see them hanging on tree leaves, flying everywhere even during the daytime. You will see their skin shells all over trees. After a few weeks, they are dead when the eggs have been laid and the larvae head for the ground to emerge again in 17 years. They make great fishing bait..

 

[Snagglefoot]

Any more Cicada stories? I hear this is the big 17 year cycle. I heard them in the summers of 89, 90, and 91 in Houston but am not sure if those were part of the 17 year cycle or not. Anyone know?

 

[dlundblad]

I’ve heard they’re in southern Indiana now. Some people make it sound apocalyptic for plants, crops and such.

I thought about borrowing some chickens from friends, but that won’t do good for the ones in the trees. I honestly don’t even know how to handle them.

 

[manicrodder]

Imagine getting laid once in 17 years.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Yum!

 

[Hall]

Any more Cicada stories? I hear this is the big 17 year cycle.

We've got them in southwest Ohio. The sound doesn't bother me but it is incredibly loud - they literally sing in unison with their pitch and intensity going up and down. The flowering pear tear in our front yard is full of them, easily hundreds of them. At work, if you walk outside, you will get hit by multiple ones. They don't "attack" you, I think they're just dumb and fly into you. The ground has dozens and dozens of dead ones already too and our patio at home is littered with what I think are the 'spine' of their wings. Birds are having a feast on these but I'm thinking they don't eat the wings.

For those mentioning cicadas every year, yes, those exist too. We hear cicadas every summer, it's just the number (and volume and intensity) that is VERY different this time (every 17 years).

 

[manicrodder]

Yum!

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No! Not even every 17 years.