[House Atreides]

Our community (located in Ellicott City, Maryland) was built on former pasture land. When Brood X last emerged in 2004 none emerged from the ground in our area. But they sure did emerge in vast numbers in distant wooded areas. Many cicadas flew into our community and “colonized” all our new street trees and the MANY new trees that residents had planted on their property.

Now we are I finding lots (hundreds) of the small cicada chimneys (still closed on top) in our yard. They are little mounds or domes about 1-2 inches wide and high, made of wet mud. If you gently pick the mound off, there is a neat hole a little smaller than the size of a dime inside. I didn’t see the cicada, it must have gone back down until time to come out in a few weeks when the ground temperature reaches around 65 degrees. Then they’ll all emerge in their synchronized mass exit.

It’s going to be a doozy this cycle around here. I recommend going to the linked site which has lots of relevant pictures.

HAPPY BROOD X EMERGENCE to all of you in their range.

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[Red Badger]

What magazines do they read?.................

[fwdude]

Are you going to try any of the “seasonal” cicada recipes that emerge during these cycles? I hear the taste is interesting.

[muskah]

Check them out a night.

[fidelis]

The Cicada Killer hornets are eagerly waiting...

[BubbaBasher]

We’re in a global disease pandemic, volcanos around the world are erupting, a plague of insects is coming, and Joe Biden is President. Just let that sink in.