Anyone else hear the cicada siren sound?

[gzecc]

My son and I thought we heard a house alarm over tha last few days. We are now realizing its the sound of the cicada's in a distance. Anyone else hear this?

 

[BrotherBart]

This place is surrounded with them. Like a roar outside. All of the ground around here looks like there was an airstrike there are so many holes where they emerged.

Cat threw up a clump of them day before yesterday.

 

[firebroad]

 

[gzecc]

My puppy loves to eat them. Seems to have no side effects.

 

[Dix]

We're getting spared this year.

Hell, I have trees with gypsy moth tar on them, I know the sound can get LOUD.

 

[billb3]

 

[midwestcoast]

A few years ago we had the hatch here. I was cruising down I-57 southwest of Chicago at 70 mph one day at the start of the hatch. Windows up, A/C on, radio on. When I passed over a river I could here them singing in the forest pretty clearly. Had to pull over to convince myself that they really were That Loud.
Nature is pretty frickin' cool.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

yeah, getting it daily here, had a massive hatch this year, out front i have a tree which when they hatched literally had 3 inches of discarded shells piled all the way around the trunk was freakish. looked like a mulch ring but for the color

im just glad they dont seem to sing at night

 

[BrotherBart]

Next time they come out I will either be down there with'em or drooling in my soup at the home saying "Yeah I remember back in 13 when there were billions of'em." After the mess of them around here the birds will probably be the size of Condors this year.

 

[Paulywalnut]

There is a recipe for them on the internet. Remove the wings they probably will get stuck in your throat.

 

[Paulywalnut]

We have none here yet, Southeast PA.

 

[BrotherBart]

Here is a touch of the sound and a look at them. This is in our county. When I went out this morning the sky and the trees overhead were loaded with the horney, noisy things. They seem to be getting thicker and thicker.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...9a494c-ca32-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_video.html

 

[BobUrban]

Seem to be on a pretty consistant cycle here as nature would have it but there is always the anomily or two that has a small batch come out in off years and even a few makes fo a lot of noise but when the big storm comes - loud is an understatement!!

 

[stoveguy2esw]

yeah, we've had em in off years here too, though its obvious this aint an off year. they are dying off pretty heavily down here now, i guess 'getting lucky" isnt too lucky for them, mate then die kinda calls for chastity <chuckle>