Okay, is this a cicada?

I found it on my porch. There were two, one on each porch.

I know they're coming! Is this one of the little buggers?

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That is a cicada. Now picture 10,000,000,000 per square foot everytime you step outside. That's what's coming.

Although most of the ones I remember are a litte longer. The body should be about the size of your thumb.

I still would have taken a picture. :-)

I knew it was! It's the last summer of BUSH, and pestilence is in the air . . .

Maybe I'll make myself feel better by putting Bush's face on the thing! That'll do it. :bounce:

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they're already coming out of the ground in full force....should be gone in 6 weeks though....

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/11/cicadas.ap/index.html

Maybe it is the "being alive" thing.

He's actually pretty. Or she.

can the be trained or something?

although not as tasty as some other bugs.

NC here! My husband and inlaws are going to see them for the first time this summer! ;)

In Northern VA. I've lost count, they are all over the hosta's, the lilies, the lawn....everywhere

I glanced into the chamber where the judges were talking,
Darkness was everywhere, it smelled like a tomb.
I was ready to leave, I was already walkin',
But the next time I looked there was light in the room.
And the locusts sang, yeah, it give me a chill,
Oh, the locusts sang such a sweet melody.
Oh, the locusts sang their high whining trill,
Yeah, the locusts sang and they were singing for me.

http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/view/Bob_Dylan/Day_of_the_Locusts/

Pretty third-rate as Dylan songs go -- but, hey, has anybody else ever written a song about the 17-year locusts?

He never heard cicadas until we got off our moving van here, and they were screaming (late summer). He said, "what the hell is that? It sounds like when I was a kid and my friend convinced me to huff some gasoline!"

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but you can't walk on my mom's lawn without stepping on one. What's up with that?

My yard is very shady, and a veritable refuge for birds. Could they be eating the cicadas as fast as they come out of the ground?

I'm in the woods -- these are the only two I've seen.

I thought there would be more -- maybe you're right, the birds are eating them.

...dent in their population. They completely and unambiguously overwhelm their predator's ability to reduce their numbers.

:scared:
I think my dog's freaked out by the song already...

think that relatively recent bulldozing during construction must have wiped out many of them underground. We didn't have nearly as many as the older houses did.

The untouched area next to us was full of them so many eventually migrated to our yaard.

We aren't seeing them in northern Montgomery County MD yet.

I might be tempted if they do...

Where in Montgomery? We're in PG near College Park...

I'm up northwest of Gaithersburg. Boyds.

Dredged in flour too? Did they cut the heads off?

Boyds=nice area! :hi:

Served with rice. The only prep was to remove the wings and legs. I don't think there was any seasoning beyond sonme soy sauce.

I'm so excited! I was in Northern Virginia for the last brood X emergence. It was awesome. When they start singing it's like living in a science fiction movie....

I live in Mid Mo, and about four years ago we had a phenomenon much like you are about to experience. Three different cycles of cicadas all coming out at once. A few words of wisdom:

1. Get a pair of earplugs. While the sound of a few cicadas is pleasant on a summer's eve, the sound of millions and billions of these little shits will literally drive you nuts.

2. Supervise your pets to prevent them from eating cicadas. It seems that animals love these munchy crunchy treats, but they can also be hurt by them. The hard shell is incredibly hard on an animal, and if one eats enough cicadas it will cause internal bleeding in the bowels. Watch their poop for blood, and if you see it, get them to a vet quick.

3. Be vigilant with your trees. Cicadas bore into trees and lay their eggs there. Sprays are ineffective, the best method is to loosely wrap your trees with cheescloth to prevent the bugs from landing directly on the trunk and branches.

For more information, go to <http://www.msj.edu/cicada/faq.html#eating>

I can't believe there in Virginia so early. None here in Missouri yet. Heck, there was a freeze here a week or two ago.

Can we register these guys to vote? Between me and the Lorax, I think we can slam dunk this election. Oh, right, they'll be dead by November. Hell, maybe we all will. (Can they vote absentee before they kick?)

How is there song? Here they go "U-WEE, U-WEE, U-WEE, U-WEE, U-WEEEEEeeeeeeeennn"

when I was in D.C. in the early 90s, expect to find a few hundred on your porch soon. They'll be as thick as autumn leaves.

Yuck.

I've only lived here five years, and it seems like the regular old cicadas are a late summer thing. How long do these suckers last?



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should be gone by the end of June

will be affected?

I haven't seen any yet, although I do live in a new subdivision. None of the houses are older than 2 years, so maybe they've been bulldozed up.

Will we see them in large cities or just rural areas? Are they like locusts?

They're pretty much harmless, but noisy. Unlike locusts, they don't denude vegetation. They may cause some damage to young trees when laying their eggs, but other than that, they're innocuous creatures. Weird-looking, but they don't bite or destroy stuff.

no demon bugs here yet, thankfully!

Is mysterious and well beyond our understanding.
If it weren't then we could perhaps explain the Potato Bug/Child of the Earth/Jerusalem Beetle? Gack!!!!

The GrovelBot Brood X is coming!

Love ATHF