The 17 year Cicadas are coming

[paul bunion]

Anybody have the 17 year cicadas yet? I can't wait for the infestation to see nature in action. Although I've moved since the last time round, I do have a bunch of oaks in my yard and hope they come by the millions here too. Nothing like it being so loud outside that you can's hear yourself think (or my wife talk lol). I'll take it anyday over hearing the sound of forest being eaten by Gypsy Moths and their 'litter' hitting the ground.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

yeah we got em, saw the evidence a few weeks ago (all the holes in the ground) casings all over the place, now it sounds like a visit to another planet on the original star trek outside.

 

[Ashful]

None here... yet.

 

[bogydave]

Went thru 2 cycles.
Once when a kid , 6th grade I think & one time,
must have been 17 years ago, when back in WV visiting my folks.

Keep you hands & head inside the moving vehicle,
motor cycle folks , gloves & a face shield .
Don't leave the sun roof open. ha ha
Ear muffs if you live near woods.
Scrunch scrunch

 

[MasterMech]

Nothing here yet and I live in the middle of an Oak forest. I too am a bit excited to see it happen.

 

[lukem]

Get ready to wake up early in the AM. We had them here about 5 years ago.

 

[Ashful]

We had a 13-year brood here sometime around 2005, but I'm told (on this forum) that's a different species / cycle. Still waiting for the 17-year brood to appear this summer.

http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/periodical-cicada

 

[fossil]

17 years ago in Fairfax VA

 

[nate379]

AARGH!

Glad I live in Alaska! Never even heard of a Cicadas. "See Ca Da"?

17 years ago in Fairfax VA

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[BrotherBart]

Yep. They are up and running here.

 

[pen]

Don't believe I've ever heard one here. If I did, we certainly weren't engulfed in them enough for me to know what it was.

 

[Ashful]

pen, Quakertown had them so bad in 2005 that I could hear them roaring over the music and air-conditioning in my Dodge pickup with the windows rolled up at 55 mph. First time I heard them, I thought I had a tire low on air, or something else on the truck making the whining noise.

 

[BrotherBart]

The funny thing here is that they stop a few hundred yards East of the house. I can hear them but we don't have them on our place. Same as it was 17 years ago.

 

[fossil]

Hmm. I took those pics above in my back yard. They were everywhere. It was very interesting, I'm glad I got to see it happen.

 

[BrotherBart]

Hmm. I took those pics above in my back yard. They were everywhere. It was very interesting, I'm glad I got to see it happen.

Yeah the last time we would drive home on the back roads of Fairfax and Prince William county every day listening to the roar.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I remember driving through the Shenandoah National Park and down the Blue Ridge Parkway. As we got more south they really got super thick. It was the first time we'd seen or heard those buggers.