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

[2ndTink]

We had a ton of cicadas 5 or 6 years ago, not as many since then, so if this year is more than the wave I saw, holy cow! There were so many it was insanely loud outside, to the point were my ears would ring. We have chickens and guineas now, so maybe they will make a dent

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

We had a ton of cicadas 5 or 6 years ago, not as many since then, so if this year is more than the wave I saw, holy cow! There were so many it was insanely loud outside, to the point were my ears would ring. We have chickens and guineas now, so maybe they will make a dent

My duckies are asking me every day: »When will the cicadas be here?«

 

[EverV]

I think this is the only place in the entire world where people get excited about an oncoming plague of cicadas! This year, though, I'm here for it! As are the chickens. They can't wait. These are the golden winged ones or something, right?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I think this is the only place in the entire world where people get excited about an oncoming plague of cicadas! This year, though, I'm here for it! As are the chickens. They can't wait. These are the golden winged ones or something, right?

Well, the cicadas are actually not a plague when they emerge: They have spent the last 17 years underground, sucking sap from the tree roots and now come up just to mate, lay their eggs and die. They won't eat anything while they're out in the open.
Only the deafening noise might be annoying.

 

[Elyrian1]

Yes, the deafening noise is the biggest thing. That and when a couple go THUNK on your windshield and you think you hit a rock. Lived through the 2004 emergence. It was so loud that summer I stayed inside reading a lot.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Yes, the deafening noise is the biggest thing. That and when a couple go THUNK on your windshield and you think you hit a rock. Lived through the 2004 emergence. It was so loud that summer I stayed inside reading a lot.

I can't wait to experience this!

 

[Chickstarrs]

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

They apparently stop at international borders too. Smart little critters, aren't they. I guess they don't have the proper documentation and COVID testing.

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

Wow! I heard about this a while ago but forgot. Sadly I'm not in the zone, though.
I do get annual ones, though! The chickens love catching them, especially our SS Confetti!

 

[Byrd gal]

Dreading the noise!! I have a few friends that trip out over them but considering 2020 summer I will deal with it just let me out!.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Found a map that shows all the different brood cycles. I’m in the 13 year zone and lived through the 2011 brood. We will see them again in 2024. I can’t imagine what that will be like. We moved out to the country in 2015 and they are sooo loud on a normal year much less adding the 13 year brood! https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/docs/CicadaBroodStaticMap.pdf