Not sure if this fits in here, just stumbled upon: »Big brood of cicadas set to emerge from soil for first time since 2004« 🦗

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I just stumbled upon this article about the upcoming 17-year cicadas on Accuweather and thought this might be interesting for all Gardeners and Poultry owners. My ducks are very excited, they have heart that cicadas are tasty and very rich in protein and West Virginia is smack in the center of the map:

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I lived in Texas for 10 years and have never experienced a cicada "outbreak". How is that? You have creepy crawlers everywhere? Anybody has seen that b4?

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

I am in IN, I hope we get a lot (plump birds for fall harvest.)

 

[chickentrains]

Always have Cidadas on the trees in the summer.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Always have Cidadas on the trees in the summer.

Yep! But those are the annual cicadas. What's coming up this spring are the 17 year cicadas, they emerge only every 17 years.

 

[chickentrains]

Yep! But those are the annual cicadas. What's coming up this spring are the 17 year cicadas, they emerge only every 17 years.

oh cool

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

We are supposed to get locus this year to (can't wait)

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

We are supposed to get locus this year to (can't wait)

Blanca Duck just told me that locust are tasty! She almost can't wait for the temperatures to rise.

 

[jher77]

Seems according to that map, they don't have much use for South Carolina.

 

[TheTexasChickenGirl]

I just stumbled upon this article about the upcoming 17-year cicadas on Accuweather and thought this might be interesting for all Gardeners and Poultry owners. My ducks are very excited, they have heart that cicadas are tasty and very rich in protein and West Virginia is smack in the center of the map:

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I lived in Texas for 10 years and have never experienced a cicada "outbreak". How is that? You have creepy crawlers everywhere? Anybody has seen that b4?

My chickens loooooved cicadas. I live in Texas, and yeah sometimes we get (where I live) tiny outbreaks. All you hear 24/7 is little chirping sirens. Drives us crazy.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Seems according to that map, they don't have much use for South Carolina.

I can hardly believe that the cicadas would stop at the state line. I bet there is just nobody reporting cicadas from SC.