Live in southwest Ohio. We had a large 17 year variety cicadas outbreak in 2004. They’re back this year, but in smaller numbers. The highest concentrations are in the western and northern suburbs of Cincinnati ... I was north of of the city yesterday on I-71 ... my windshield is plastered with cicada remains. They are awkward fliers, almost comical to watch.
My mother told me about the cicadas coming (she called them locusts, though).
Sure enough, in mid-June this shrieking noise started. Dead locusts were everywhere.
The kid gang I hung with then went around, picked up the bodies, and put them in all the neighborhood mailboxes.
We thought that was a hilarious prank!