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Cicadas starting to wind down

songbird — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:30:14 GMT

Wish they were gone already, but they are starting to die. Lots of dead cicadas underfoot. The noise is diminished, but some stragglers are still flying (or trying to fly) around. I have to sweep the walkway and drive way everyday. I think (not sure) they will be gone by late June or early July. My husband saw a cicada fly upside down! Like a hummingbird. No major goofs with the cicadas. Only once when I went to get the mail (a package) hitched a ride on it. And was sitting quietly on my bed while I unknowingly opened the package. Picked it up and flushed it down the toilet. God will punish me....

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itsmagic — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:46:10 GMT

I expected to see some but we haven’t seen any cicadas here. When I was a child we used to look for their shells that they shed on trees. It was like a treasure hunt. 😁

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haddon9 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:46:37 GMT

Ugh! I'm glad they are not around me....we've been here for 29 years and they just aren't in my area of southeastern PA. However I can remember how loud and disgusting they were when we lived in south Jersey.

What part of the country are you in?

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songbird — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:55:15 GMT

@haddon9 I'm in Maryland. The state was hit hard. Although I've been told the epic center was eastern TN. I"m used to them now. They were fun as a kid, but obnoxious now. I hate sweeping the walkway, but I have to. Every morning more dead bodies.

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blueroses47 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:58:06 GMT

I live in central NJ. I had a doctor's appointment in Princeton the other day. I got out of the car at the office, and I couldn't believe the sound. I live around 12 miles away and we don't hear them here, but yesterday when I went south to shop a few miles south, I did hear them.

I guess they're on their way here. I'm not happy.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:46:55 GMT

@songbird Which is going to be worse, the din of singing cicadas or the underfoot crunch of dead ones?

It's really strange the way they inhabit some areas but aren't found in close-by similar areas. We don't have them here in Albuquerque but they were terrible when I lived in dry, arid West Texas.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:00:09 GMT

I live in the deep south of coastal GA and we don't have any here either.

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Genny1 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:06:29 GMT

Southern Ct. here..haven't seen or heard any.

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Shelbelle — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:06:30 GMT

I am in MD too, plenty of them here and the noise is deafening even with windows closed. Songbird, where are you, I am in Balto Co.

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kitcat51 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:31:29 GMT

They're just starting to emerge in the Southeastern part of my State....ugh.

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Mj12 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:34:58 GMT

They are not winding down in my part of Maryland.

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Love to read — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:10:38 GMT

I live just outside of Louisville, KY and the cicadas right around our house on the Ohio River have been extremely loud for about the past week, but it was not quite as noticable yesterday. They seem to be on a schedule of sorts - very loud in the mid to late afternoon and then it's almost like a switch is flipped and silence arrives shortly before the sun goes down. I've yet to actually see them.

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Spurt — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:21:19 GMT

@songbird wrote:
Wish they were gone already, but they are starting to die. Lots of dead cicadas underfoot. The noise is diminished, but some stragglers are still flying (or trying to fly) around. I have to sweep the walkway and drive way everyday. I think (not sure) they will be gone by late June or early July. My husband saw a cicada fly upside down! Like a hummingbird. No major goofs with the cicadas. Only once when I went to get the mail (a package) hitched a ride on it. And was sitting quietly on my bed while I unknowingly opened the package. Picked it up and flushed it down the toilet. God will punish me....

@songbird

Here's something funny ----- NFL teams held minicamps this week, and a cicada got caught in the beard of my team's quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick....LOL

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Spurt — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:42:50 GMT

@songbird wrote:
@haddon9 I'm in Maryland. The state was hit hard. Although I've been told the epic center was eastern TN. I"m used to them now. They were fun as a kid, but obnoxious now. I hate sweeping the walkway, but I have to. Every morning more dead bodies.

@songbird

In South Texas, we have a different kind of cicada that come out in the heat of summer and "serenade" us.

but not a lot of them at all..

Texas Cicada--

But we heared about the hoards of cicadas in some parts of the U.S.....

Brood X Cicada--

We have a similar situation with hoards of crickets every fall....they are everywhere---they cause slick roadways when cars run over the plethora of them in the streets, they are all over the sides of homes and buildings and sidewalks....and you see people sweeping up piles of them...........YUCCKKK!!!

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golding76 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:32:51 GMT

I didn't know if it was wishful thinking, but our population has diminished quite a bit in the last day or two.

Their high-decibel mating buzz sounds like that of a normal summer's brood, and I do not see so many flying around.

Our local meteorologist has predicted that Brood X should be out of here July 4-ish.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:37:28 GMT

@Spurt

I used to live in LA and I remember one year when Las Vegas was covered in hordes of crickets (and their bodies) and they were BIG suckers!

So gross, they'd get caught in people's hair, clothes and as you said, made driving pretty treacherous due to 'slick; roads.

It was surmised that it was breeding time and they were attracted by all of the lights.

We went back to LA immediately, LOL!

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Spurt — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:40:37 GMT

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@Spurt

I used to live in LA and I remember one year when Las Vegas was covered in hordes of crickets (and their bodies) and they were BIG suckers!

So gross, they'd get caught in people's hair, clothes and as you said, made driving pretty treacherous due to 'slick; roads.

It was surmised that it was breeding time and they were attracted by all of the lights.

We went back to LA immediately, LOL!

@KingstonsMom

LOL I dont blame you for moving... These crickets in no way resemble Jimmy Cricket.....and they are awful....I added a photo to my post....ARRRGGGHHH!!!

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:42:45 GMT

@Spurt

We didn't move to LV, we just went for a fun weekend, little did we know that the 'fun' would be tryin' to outrun those beasts, LOL!

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Spurt — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:46:03 GMT

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@Spurt

We didn't move to LV, we just went for a fun weekend, little did we know that the 'fun' would be tryin' to outrun those beasts, LOL!

@KingstonsMom

Okay...understood....😊 not part of a fun Vegas weekend for sure

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stevieb — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:47:24 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@songbird wrote:
Wish they were gone already, but they are starting to die. Lots of dead cicadas underfoot. The noise is diminished, but some stragglers are still flying (or trying to fly) around. I have to sweep the walkway and drive way everyday. I think (not sure) they will be gone by late June or early July. My husband saw a cicada fly upside down! Like a hummingbird. No major goofs with the cicadas. Only once when I went to get the mail (a package) hitched a ride on it. And was sitting quietly on my bed while I unknowingly opened the package. Picked it up and flushed it down the toilet. God will punish me....
@songbird

Here's something funny ----- NFL teams held minicamps this week, and a cicada got caught in the beard of my team's quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick....LOL

@Spurt... I'm sure lots of things get caught in that nasty looking mess...