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The 17 Year Periodical Cicadas |
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Post# 1118448   5/27/2021 at 06:02 (1,056 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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How many of you out there are enjoying this incredible once every 17 year phenomenon of insects ?
I love the humming sound durning the day and the birds and squirrels and even dogs and cats are so happy because they are gorging themselves on fresh Cicadas.
Post pictures and experiences if you are in an area that has Cicadas.
John L. |
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Post# 1118454 , Reply# 1   5/27/2021 at 08:17 (1,056 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 1118458 , Reply# 2   5/27/2021 at 09:00 (1,056 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 1118469 , Reply# 4   5/27/2021 at 10:37 (1,056 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 1118512 , Reply# 5   5/27/2021 at 19:13 (1,055 days old) by supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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There’s a loud drone in the morning but it grows quiet later in the day. I don’t know why.
The cicadas don’t seem to be eating anything visibly in the yard. They’ve been on the cardinal flowers (which won’t bloom till late summer, when the hummingbirds will love them) but without damage. They’re said to like the branches of deciduous trees, and I have lots of oaks and some hickories, but there’s no harm to them at all as far as I can tell. |
Post# 1118540 , Reply# 6   5/28/2021 at 01:06 (1,055 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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In NJ I only remember the time we had swarms of them in 1978 I think it was. Never seen them since. |
Post# 1118549 , Reply# 7   5/28/2021 at 04:03 (1,055 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Interesting historical tidbit...
Plagues of Rocky Mountain may have been inadvertently by farming previously untouched lands of Montana, Wyoming and other areas out west. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Moun... |
Post# 1118666 , Reply# 11   5/29/2021 at 01:28 (1,054 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 1118679 , Reply# 12   5/29/2021 at 07:11 (1,054 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 1118680 , Reply# 13   5/29/2021 at 07:19 (1,054 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 1118840 , Reply# 14   5/31/2021 at 00:57 (1,052 days old) by oldtech (US)   |   | |
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I lived in Nashville the last time those Red-Eyed Buzzbombs emerged from Hell. Nearly impossible to sleep with that racket. Was riding my bike when I took one in the face. It felt like being shot with a pellet gun! |
Post# 1119972 , Reply# 16   6/11/2021 at 09:02 (1,041 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Yes. I was on my patio a couple summers ago and a large, fat wasp zoomed buzzing past and crawled into a hole in the ground at edge of the concrete, carrying a cicada. I didn't know what kind of wasp was it and was alarmed at the size and proximity so I sprayed wasp killer into the hole. It crawled out and died. I did some research, found the details and immediately was sad. I don't have any trees in the yard that would support cicadas so the wasp must have carried it some distance from a neighbor's yard. |
Post# 1119983 , Reply# 17   6/11/2021 at 10:48 (1,041 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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I went walking at the park last night, and there were dead cicadas all over the pavement. Plenty of live ones left, too. Saw them flying in every direction, and still making lots of noise. One flew into my vehicle earlier in the day when I was stopped at a traffic light. |
Post# 1119990 , Reply# 18   6/11/2021 at 13:25 (1,041 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I hope it was not there to issue you a ticket. |
Post# 1120024 , Reply# 19   6/12/2021 at 00:15 (1,040 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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No cicadas my way.Sort of surprized and disappointed. |
Post# 1120069 , Reply# 20   6/12/2021 at 16:04 (1,040 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Sandy soils are not friendly to cicadas so maybe that is a factor in your area. |
Post# 1122354 , Reply# 21   7/4/2021 at 22:59 (1,017 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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Apparently the brood line aligns fairly closely to the Indiana-Illinois state line so none in the Chicago area (other than normal levels). And a warning - if you have shrimp/shellfish allergies - don't eat them... |