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packman

(16,296 posts) Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:04 PM Apr 2016

Prepare to be seranaded NE states-the Cicadas are coming

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“And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field

Estimated at 1.5 million per acre at their peak. Me, I love that sound - something to look forward to. Dogs like them also.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/15/billions-of-cicadas-will-descend-upon-the-northeastern-united-states-as-another-17-year-cycle-conclude/

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Prepare to be seranaded NE states-the Cicadas are coming (Original Post) packman Apr 2016 OP

Has it been 17 years already? lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #1

Wish we had them in Colorado. Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #2

Not really toxic but a belly full can cause up-chucking lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #3

Whoa. I think I remember the sound but I'm still gonna Google it. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #4

this one is Brood V, one of the big ones.... mike_c Apr 2016 #5

We had them here last year in NE Kansas, bad deminks Apr 2016 #6

I recall the year the 'came out' in Virginia angstlessk Apr 2016 #7

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

1. Has it been 17 years already?

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:11 PM

Apr 2016

Damn I'm getting old.

Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)

2. Wish we had them in Colorado.

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:13 PM

Apr 2016

Grew up in TN and as kids we thought they were so cool. So do dogs eat them? If so, are they toxic?

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

3. Not really toxic but a belly full can cause up-chucking

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:17 PM

Apr 2016

They are interesting, but it can be hard to carry on a conversation when they're going. I live next to an airport and the cicadas drown out the sound of the airplanes.

Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)

4. Whoa. I think I remember the sound but I'm still gonna Google it. nt

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:24 PM

Apr 2016

mike_c

(36,281 posts)

5. this one is Brood V, one of the big ones....

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:26 PM

Apr 2016

I've seen Brood V emerge twice before, in the early 1980s and in 1999. The most memorable part was the noise. Sounds like the mother ship is landing, for weeks.

deminks

(11,018 posts)

6. We had them here last year in NE Kansas, bad

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:37 PM

Apr 2016

I could barely mow - they are attracted to the sound of motors. They don't bite, but they are annoying, especially in the hair. The sound was beyond loud. We had thousands of them in our trees and bushes, even the tall grass. I could not take them again this year.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

7. I recall the year the 'came out' in Virginia

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:50 PM

Apr 2016

My dad had a cleaners (back before laundromats) and he got some equipment that came in a YOUUUUGE wooden box that became our fort, wedged between two old trees...the year of the katy dids, as my grandma called them, we could not even go near our great little fort...they were everywhere.

Great memories for this old lady!

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