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Posted on 04/19/2016 2:46:39 PM PDT by beaversmom
Hope you like the sound of humming.
That is, if you live in the Northeastern United States, anyway. Billions of cicadas are slated to rise up from the ground in parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio to mate next month, The Washington Post reports.
They have been lying in wait since they began life in 1999. This summer, at age 17, they’ll finally be crawling above ground to make the lives of human beings a living hell, just like any good teens.
Then, the winged insects will mate and die off in around a month.
These “17-year-cicadas” include three different species, according to Discovery News. Other types are on a one-year or 13-year schedule.
This year’s cicada crop will emerge as nymphs once nighttime soil temperatures eight-inches below the surface hit 64 degrees for four days in a row, according to The Plain Dealer. The nymphs climb into trees, then shed their exoskeletons to emerge as red-eyed adults, ready to breed.
Cicadas eat tree sap and typically don’t damage plants significantly. They also don’t bite or sting. But what some folks dread is the incessant noise.
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I wish that this would happen to the Earth Muffins and other Environmentalists. They would go happy.
There is a 13 year cicada that emerged from the ground here in Tennessee back in 2011 and 1998. They are loud and annoying and fill up the trees but harmless. My dog used to eat them as if they were treats.
In the lake valley woods of central Missouri we have the tree frogs that start in late March or early April. Millions of the little buggers.
On years when we have the cicadas as well, it is deafening with them both together after sunset.
Lol...I bet crunchy and good protein.
Sounds like Coachella.
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This ain't no phenomenon, virtually every year they emerge, some areas more than others..........
I too love their sound and along with fresh sweet corn, tomatoes and other fall stuff, they signal the onset of fall and the upcoming winter...........
The big problem was getting all those teeny weenie bowling balls for them. Then the cicadas all died and left them all behind.
Have to put ‘em storage for the next go ‘round.
They sound like this:
Summer cicada sound # 60 minutes cicada's songs.Stunning sound # Video FHD 1080p.
Gross!
Dang, Circle of Life! You creepy!
They eat those bugs? Wow!
OMG
She actually did.
This is alien sh!t. Not, "not from this country," but "not from this PLANET."
That was one of the ugliest things I've ever seen.
Chances are that in the frenzy of mating, even the below below-average cicadas still get a chance at the orgy.
They’re part of summer here in Ohio. At least they aren’t Mayflies! Those things are terrible!
I remember when I was a young child that it was cool to find the empty shells clinging to the pine bark.
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