Posted on 06/06/2025 9:02:41 AM PDT by hardspunned
When my son was young we were outside and the cicadas were in full force. He asked me why they were laughing at him.
OK - this is really off the wall, but our choir sings a motet by Anton Bruckner, “Locus Iste” - and our choirmaster always refers to it as “The 17 year Locus”.
I remember them up where I lived back then. About 5 minutes north of the Balto. Beltway.
It’s one of those things - like an eclipse, a starling murmuration, or the Northern Lights - that astound one with the beauty inherent in simply being alive and conscious on this little blue planet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0sE10zUYyY
Definitely remember 1987, and 2004. 2021, not so much.
Yep. You got that right!
Funky. Thanks
Brood X comes out in 2038 just as they did in 2021, 2004, 1987, 1970, and previous years. The cicadas out now are from different brood. These creatures live most of their lives safe from predators underground. Bit they come out for one purpose and that is to mate and then harvest their fertilized eggs into the ground so the next generation can live on & those who have mated will die off and all these of this brood will nourish birds and other creatures.
Due to their generations being prime number of years they have no natural predators. Thus they freely roam without anyone being naturally inclined to eat them and make lots of noise as they court and mate to prepare things for their next generation.
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