US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide

The Guardian ^ | 4/7/24 | Oliver Milman

[DallasBiff]

The last time Brood XIX and Brood XIII emerged from underground at the same time, Thomas Jefferson was president.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I've been through the cicada thing many times. It's just nature. It's been happening for tens of thousands of years. My dogs love to eat them.

[adorno]

I’ve gotta look up that cicada recipe I’ve heard so much about.

Cicadas with Nutella on top. Yum!

[adorno]

BTW. aren’t they related to that creature from “Jeepers Creepers”?

[1_Rain_Drop]

From article:

"Cicadas choose to burst aboveground when the soil temperature hits a certain point – usually around 64F (17C) – and global heating, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is potentially scrambling this natural process. “This could mess with their phenology. If they come out earlier than usual, that can be problematic for them,” said Dana."

OK. Everyone! please use your air conditioners outdoors this year!

[roving]

I follow a lot of Christian channels and sites, and not one person has said it’s the sign. So far, you’re the only one.

[Nateman]

We have Circadas every Summer in Arizona. In fact it does not seem like Summer until you start hearing them.

[Libloather]

Cicada wasps -

[spincaster]

The birds are going to eat good.

[GreenLanternCorps]

https://www.cicadamania.com/

[GreenLanternCorps]

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I can hear a police car two miles away, but I cannot hear crickets in my room.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Ditto

[mad_as_he$$]

GMTA! and act on it.

[mad_as_he$$]

lol...those guys live in my neighborhood! j/k But is seems like it on Independence Day and New Years Eve.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Too funny!!! But, the highlighted post on how to help tinnitus actually DID help my neighbor!!!

[telescope115]

We need a change of government in Springfield, Illinois. Maybe they’ll take over the Capitol. Couldn’t do any worse…. might be an improvement.

[OldHarbor]

I have seen a flock of Robins swarm on a grove of trees and they proceeded to snap up every cicada they could find. It was a feeding frenzy .

[telescope115]

That will be something to see!

[SunkenCiv]

Panic Porn:

• Bugs You Can Eat [04/14/2024]
• Yes, Cicadas are Safe to Eat — and They're Delicious [01/22/2024]
• ABC's Hostin Links Eclipses, Earthquakes, Cicadas to Climate Change [04/08/2024]
• Hyper-sexual "zombie cicadas" that are infected with sexually transmitted fungus expected to emerge this year [04/05/2024]
• Cicada Map Shows States Where Trillions of Bugs Will Emerge [04/05/2024]
• A map of where to expect cicadas in 2024 and which broods will hit Illinois [02/19/2024]
• Billions of cicadas will emerge in the U.S. this year in a rare double-brood event...This year's dual emergence is a rare, synchronized event that last occurred in 1803. [01/22/2024]
• Two cicada cycles will emerge TOGETHER in Tennessee for the first time since Thomas Jefferson was president in 1803 - and could cause millions in damages [01/13/2024]

Classical lit flashback:

The two sages, Ucalegon and Antenor, elders of the people, were seated by the Scaean gates, with Priam, Panthoos, Thymoetes, Lampos, Klytios, and Hiketaon of the race of Ares. These were too old to fight, but they were fluent orators, and sat on the tower like cicadas that chirrup delicately from the boughs of some high tree in a wood. When they saw Helen coming towards the tower, they said softly to one another, "No wonder the Trojans and Achaeans endure so much and so long, for the sake of a woman so marvelously and divinely lovely. There is no sense of nemesis here. Still, fair though she be, let them take her and go, or she will breed sorrow for us and for our children after us."

-The Iliad of Homer, tr. Samuel Butler, 1898

[Verginius Rufus]

The last time Cleveland, Ohio, saw a total eclipse of the sun, Thomas Jefferson was President.

Coincidence?