Cicadas - Forget Winter is Coming ... Brood II is Coming!

[dr.strangelove]

We saw our first Brood II Cicada this morning. They probably will not hit full force for a few more weeks, but I recall 1979 and 1996 (this is the emergence year for this 17 year cycle east coast brood) using snow shovels to clean up after them. We saw a shell today after an infant had molted. I expect in three weeks to have trouble walking out on my lawn without stepping on 30 with each step. In 1996 it was mid-May when they started making that insane sound at night. I hope the little freaky looking bugs get lots of "action" fast and those larve drop and crawl back into the ground for another 17 years.

[bigwillq]

1. I don't remember them at all from 1996

I was 18 and about to graduate high school in June.
I remember being outside a lot, watching school baseball, tennis and softball games.
I live in Connecticut.
Maybe I just don't remember, but I don't remember having to use snow shovels.

[dr.strangelove]

9. I am a little further west than you, on the Hudson south of West Point.

It was bad here, but they are a fickle bunch. My family in the the Bronx and Long Island never saw a one, but family on Staten Island got crushed.

[Moondog]

2. Where, generally, are you located?

[dr.strangelove]

8. I live near West Point

If I recall from the past, they did nto really come out in force up here until around Memorial day and then they lasted until around the end of June.

[jakeXT]

3. Do they eat everything including the gras?

[sharp_stick]

6. No they don't eat anything

they come out of the ground make a hell of a lot of noise, mate and die.

[HarveyDarkey]

7. Can't eat, they don't have a mouth

Mate & die is their mission.

[In_The_Wind]

4. They haven't come out here yet.

[winter is coming]

5. If we paved the earth, they wouldn't be able to get back into the ground.

Problem solved!

[Dash87]

10. Dick Cheney is drawing up nuke plans as we speak

[dr.strangelove]

11. that is a great idea

I mean who wants all this green stuff around here. Pave it all.