Cicadas anyone??
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Cicadas anyone??
Does anyone know if the cyclic cicadas are expected to emerge in the Villanova area this spring. I looked at a map for the Brood II cicadas, and it doesn't look promising.
I lived through the 1996 emergence in central NJ and REALLY want to avoid the process again. I will be moving to the Villanova area this summer, and will be looking for housing in the spring.
Any insights?
I lived through the 1996 emergence in central NJ and REALLY want to avoid the process again. I will be moving to the Villanova area this summer, and will be looking for housing in the spring.
Any insights?
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This is one of the most unusual and intriguing questions I've seen posed on this forum.
As I understand it, cicadas awaken every 13 years--the last time being 2011: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/...13-years_n.htm
It looks like you're safe until 2024.
HTTY
As I understand it, cicadas awaken every 13 years--the last time being 2011: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/...13-years_n.htm
It looks like you're safe until 2024.
HTTY
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I have to add one more comment. I was out blowing off the driveway with a leaf blower and felt these "things" all over my body. They were attracted to the noise of the blower. I almost had a heart attack and probably could have won money on one of those tv shows!
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There are actually some other cyclic cicadas too, beyond the 13 year ones. I don't have the answer for the poster, I think they will need to look at what cicadas may be emergent in that particular area, and what the cycle is.
I do remember the horror of cicadas I think it was 1985 in NE Missouri. I had never seen such a thing, they were everywhere with big red eyes. Ugh, I'm getting the shivers just thinking about them.
I do remember the horror of cicadas I think it was 1985 in NE Missouri. I had never seen such a thing, they were everywhere with big red eyes. Ugh, I'm getting the shivers just thinking about them.
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Lucky you. Yes the 17 year Cicadas will be hatching in Southeastern PA this spring. This is indeed Brood II.
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsh...iodical-cicada
I do remember seeing them in central PA in 1996 while I was working for the PA Bureau of Forestry.
About 200 years ago farmers in PA misnamed them "Locusts" and the name seems to have stuck even though a locust is a grasshopper species.
In other parts of the country as far west as Iowa, different "broods" will be hatching in different years. Some 13 year and some 17 year.
I hope this helps you understand this longest life insect.
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsh...iodical-cicada
I do remember seeing them in central PA in 1996 while I was working for the PA Bureau of Forestry.
About 200 years ago farmers in PA misnamed them "Locusts" and the name seems to have stuck even though a locust is a grasshopper species.
In other parts of the country as far west as Iowa, different "broods" will be hatching in different years. Some 13 year and some 17 year.
I hope this helps you understand this longest life insect.
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