Got Cicadas?

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I think they're the 17 year cicadas. Pretty wild that they stay in the ground for 17 years as larva then crawl out and pupate. Here in KY that are probably 100 cicadas in a 2-3 square foot area on fences, trees, etc. The sound alone is deafening.

pics and info:
http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/

we have cicadas here too, but only in the summer months starting in July.

They come up every year and are very annoying.

That noise they make is deafening, especially when close to one. One of the loudest things I have ever heard.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

We haven't even seen summer yet around here, much less cicadas. :^(

 

[blurredvision]

I'm right there with ya Spidey. They are horrible over in the Lexington/Richmond area. As I type this, they are going crazy in the trees in the front yard. It was horrible cutting the yard yesterday, I was constantly swiping and swatting. We can't even enjoy the nice warm evenings out on the porch because of the trees near the front and back porch. Oh well, I can put up with it for a few weeks every 17 years I guess .

 

[PrinceofWands]

They don't come up here (WA). PacNW FTW!

 

[Ruptga]

I'm pretty sure I'd clean out walmart's bug bomb section and nuke the whole neighborhood.

I remember having a whole mess of cicadas years ago in my hometown.... maybe eight years ago? Anyway, they were really irritating because no matter how many times I killed every last one in sight the sound never got any quieter, and then more would fly in.

Edit: by Spidey's map that was '98, and it looks like I won't be visiting the folks in summer of 2011

 

[IronWing]

Cicadas announce the arrival of high summer. A few weeks later the palo verde beetles bring the monsoons.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Wondering if we'll get them here, though I doubt it if they are the 17 year ones. We had them back in 1997 I think it was.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
Wondering if we'll get them here, though I doubt it if they are the 17 year ones. We had them back in 1997 I think it was.

This 17 year batch seems contained to KY, TN, OH, PE.

I've been reading up on these fascinating creatures. What is really freaky is the timed emergence of them is always prime number durations. 7, 13, 17.

What I always wondered is how can a bug live underground for 7, 17 years without food? Apparently they dig down and attach to a tree root and feed off of that.

17 years of sucking root.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
Wondering if we'll get them here, though I doubt it if they are the 17 year ones. We had them back in 1997 I think it was.

This 17 year batch seems contained to KY, TN, OH, PE.

I've been reading up on these fascinating creatures. What is really freaky is the timed emergence of them is always prime number durations. 7, 13, 17.

What I always wondered is how can a bug live underground for 7, 17 years without food? Apparently they dig down and attach to a tree root and feed off of that.

17 years of sucking root.

just like my ex.

:Q

 

[spidey07]

Look here to see your year and brood. Absolutely fascinating. I guess they don't have things like this west of the mississippi.

http://www.indiana.edu/~preser...adasPres/slide14.html#

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Look here to see your year and brood. Absolutely fascinating. I guess they don't have things like this west of the mississippi.

http://www.indiana.edu/~preser...adasPres/slide14.html#

We have cicadas every year but not the giant broods.

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Look here to see your year and brood. Absolutely fascinating. I guess they don't have things like this west of the mississippi.

http://www.indiana.edu/~preser...adasPres/slide14.html#

Say again? mouse over '98

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: spidey07
Look here to see your year and brood. Absolutely fascinating. I guess they don't have things like this west of the mississippi.

http://www.indiana.edu/~preser...adasPres/slide14.html#

We have cicadas every year but not the giant broods.

yeah, what's wild is there are two very distinct genus - the big broods and the others.

"In North America there are two main types of cicadas: periodical (which belong to the genus Magicicada) and annual. The Tibicen is the most common genus of annual cicada in North America."

http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/what-is-a-cicada/

Just stepping outside all you here is the deafening sound of them. Maybe i watch too much discovery channel but I find this very fascinating.

 

[AdamK47]

There are none around my house on the west side of Cincinnati, but there are a few on the east side were I work.

 

[SandEagle]

Here's one cicada that kicks ass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggrZMe86i0

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: Steve
We had them last year in Chicago.

 

[zeruty]

never heard of em

 

[CorCentral]

I'll post a thread of the Cicadas I catch and feed them to my Black Widow

Pics will be decent.

 

[MBrown]

I'm glad I live in New Hampshire

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: MBrown
I'm glad I live in New Hampshire

They are there too. The buzz is muffled by the snow.

 

[iamwiz82]

I love the sound, though we don't have the monster broods here. The noise in the dead of summer is something I always look forward to.