Cicadas
May 23rd, 2004, 02:59 AM
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I am outside D.C., in Springfield, VA. The low droan started about a week ago- an undercurrent. Now it is getting much louder, a constant low pitched whirring sound that you can not miss as soon as you open the door. Exoskeletons are everywhere on the ground; people are talking about crunching them as they walk on the sidewalks a half mile from me. They are actually not so bad in my immediate area, as all the homes around me for a few streets are new construction in the last few years. I guess they got dug up during construction (how deep do they go in the ground for those 17 yrs.?) or my house and driveway and street are on top of all the ones that were underground. They are much more prevelant a mile away. My kids are loving it- they are cicada hunting every day and have contests w/the other kids to see who can collect the most exoskeletons in a one day period. This is our first experience w/them. It is kind of bizzare. While I a bit tired of my 13 yr old son's antics (putting skeletons on my computer keyboard to gross me out, etc.) they are essentially harmless. I'd much rather have them here than the japanese beetles that are coming next month to eat all my roses.
May 23rd, 2004, 05:05 AM
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Nevermind, I answered my own question.
For a list of infected counties go
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For a list of infected counties go
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http://www.airsolutioncompany.com/cicada-table-a.asp
May 23rd, 2004, 06:34 AM
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As emd just said - the drone is SOOOO LOUD you stay indoors. It sounds like millions of grasshoppers here in Annapolis MD and it's much worse in the morning.
There seems to be two different types of skeletons on just a light brown and slightly smaller shell than the other which is dark brown and has the red eyes. Both types of shells are on the drive; on the wooden fence; on the pool (not as many tho); pretty much everywhere. I hope it ends soon.
There seems to be two different types of skeletons on just a light brown and slightly smaller shell than the other which is dark brown and has the red eyes. Both types of shells are on the drive; on the wooden fence; on the pool (not as many tho); pretty much everywhere. I hope it ends soon.
May 23rd, 2004, 01:11 PM
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Well here in Louisville KY by our park system with huge trees, they are so loud that you cannot hear outside. They are loud on the inside and it's freaking the kitties! They get in your hair, too, which is bad cause I have 2 girls and you can add in the scream factor. The yards are fully "aerated" as well. One got in my Dad's newspaper wrap and started buzzing which almost gave him a heart attack!
May 23rd, 2004, 01:22 PM
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We don't have them but y'all have freaked me out.
I came off the beach today and was in my outside shower and this bug tried to fly in. I was screaming my lungs out trying to hose it down with the showerhead. All I could picture in my mind was a big swarm of cicadas coming at me.
It was a bee.
I came off the beach today and was in my outside shower and this bug tried to fly in. I was screaming my lungs out trying to hose it down with the showerhead. All I could picture in my mind was a big swarm of cicadas coming at me.
It was a bee.
May 23rd, 2004, 03:36 PM
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When I was a teenager (must have been 2 17-year cycles ago) in northern New Jersey there were a few in our immediate locale, but I remember taking a trip to Alpine Boat Basin off Rte 9W along Hudson River just to see these critters - I remember the sound and constant crunch under foot. It was so creepy that I remember it as if it were yesterday and not 34 years ago. Guess we don't get to experience them in New England.
May 25th, 2004, 12:58 PM
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Cicada alert: Things have changed big time here in the D.C./Northern VA area today. They are out in full force now. I have the remains of them all over my car and windshiled for the first time today. They are flying all over the place; when you stop at the stoplights they are just buzzing by and flying from tree to tree. There is a LOUD droaning undercurrent and then this non-stop irritating chirping noise. I am glad i am getting out of town for Memorial Day weekend. This is very strange, very plague-like. No way I am going out for my usual 4 mile walk this evening, they would be bumping into me like crazy.
How long do they stay out like this? I've had enough, I'm ready for them to back in the ground now.
How long do they stay out like this? I've had enough, I'm ready for them to back in the ground now.
May 25th, 2004, 01:05 PM
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Okay, this has been "bugging" me for some time now. I grew up in Nebraska and when I was a little girl I remember hearing something similar but don't know if it's the same thing. What I remember were "locusts" that were also very loud. I mostly remember them in the evening/night. Are these the same or even related? I'm in Colorado now, am sure they're not here! Thanks!
