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Saturday, June 19. 2021

A big cicada year?

I have not seen or heard one of these big bugs yet. Maybe in July.


How is your Year of the Locust? 

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 15:25 | Comments (14) | Trackbacks (3)

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Apparently one should not eat cicadas if one is allergic to shellfish.
#1 Frances on 2021-06-19 16:01 (Reply)
Haven't heard any. Found a dead on at the back door couple of days ago with the cat proudly guarding it. At least it's a break from voles and geckos.
#2 BillH on 2021-06-19 16:33 (Reply)
Here in Central Florida, 25 minutes from Daytona Beach, these wonderful creatures have been active for a couple of months. We have several species native to Florida and they have periodic appearances, and slightly different drumming sounds by species. The males, of course, are the only ones that have the ability to produce the distinctive sounds that for me have always signaled the arrival of summer temperatures. We also have the marvelous Cicada Killer Wasp here (there are several of their dens in my front yard) that make it their business to paralyze and drag a victim into her lair, where she will lay an egg on the insensate critter, ensuring the survival of her brood. And so the cycle continues.
#3 Nabucco on 2021-06-19 17:53 (Reply)
No locusts here in WNC, but I understand that a swarm of blue locusts has descended upon Texas and Idaho.
#4 snopercod on 2021-06-19 17:56 (Reply)
Here in suburban Maryland, the cicada population was huge, and very noisy. They are finally quieting down, but there are piles of discarded shells, now being joined by piles of bodies. The stragglers are still flying around, but the big crowds are gone.
#5 Phil L. on 2021-06-19 18:06 (Reply)
Here in southern Maryland we are outside the massive Brood X horde that has Washington DC abuzz (literally). However, we drove through on our way to Pennsylvania and back a couple of weeks ago, and it was pretty intense. Our first stop was a car wash.

We get a few dog day cicadas every year, but they aren't a problem.
#6 Fritz Riedel (Link) on 2021-06-19 19:59 (Reply)
All quiet on the northeast TN front.
#7 NICHOLAS BORICE on 2021-06-19 20:30 (Reply)
None on our street, but a couple miles away you will find all the cicadas you want plus hundreds of thousands more.
#8 Lady Cutekitten of Lolcat (Link) on 2021-06-19 20:51 (Reply)
All quiet here in Texas Coastal Bend.
#9 Texan99 on 2021-06-20 09:17 (Reply)
Its a cacophony In North Georgia. Like a sustained scream all day.
#10 ccoffer on 2021-06-20 09:45 (Reply)
Here in central Mississippi we won't get the big red-eyed 17 year locusts for another 8 years or so.
We have several species that emerge in late summer every year, as well as some species that emerge on different multi year cycles.
Late July and August are sometimes pretty noisy.
#11 SteveP (Link) on 2021-06-20 11:20 (Reply)
In southwest Ohio it depends on which town you're in. In Centerville and points north and west, they're really noisy. In Lebanon and further south, there's nothing, but last year they were really noisy.
#12 RebeccaH on 2021-06-20 13:40 (Reply)
Haven't heard any yet here in Southwest Nebraska.
#13 feeblemind on 2021-06-20 14:46 (Reply)
All quiet in Mid-Maryland. Expect the regulars in August.
#14 missred on 2021-06-21 07:09 (Reply)

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