Hate those bastards. They sound like a chainsaw when 3 or 4 get going. Allllll day.
3 or 4? If you hear 1 you are hearing hundreds. They ain't started flying here yet, and can only hear them warming up. The only creatures glad to see them are the birds and snakes.
Had a friend in N Va. He was a professional truck driver, long haulers. 27 years and not a blemish on his record. He came off Rt 50 in Arlington Va onto one of those wide circle turn offs. 7 of the beasts came through his open window and hit him in the face. He ended up in a ditch with out much damage to the rig. When he stopped running about 5 miles later it took the cops forever to calm him down.They let him keep his spotless record with a notation, "Attacked by giant creatures from space, but saved his load, the truck load. Had to change pants". They let him sit at a desk until the bugs went away. He gets ribbed really bad to this day.
We got 'em here too. But some are buzzing in the summer afternoon, and are probably katydids. There's some that only buzz at night, and are louder. Anybody know what the night-time bugs are?
Amazing. This is the first time I have ever known them to be quiet at night. Me and Blue went hunting for trolls about 2am and they weren't making a sound.
We got 'em here too. But some are buzzing in the summer afternoon, and are probably katydids. There's some that only buzz at night, and are louder. Anybody know what the night-time bugs are?
I haven't seen a single one yet. Just hear them during (like you) the day.
A hook through the body of a living one makes the best fishing bait ever. Bass cannot resist the them as they flap around on top of the water. Also had good success with them for rainbow trout...
Hate those bastards. They sound like a chainsaw when 3 or 4 get going. Allllll day.
3 or 4? If you hear 1 you are hearing hundreds. They ain't started flying here yet, and can only hear them warming up. The only creatures glad to see them are the birds and snakes.
We don't seem to have big broods come around here (at least not since I've been here). So the population isn't as dense.
I bet there are 10's of em in our yard when they come around, but not 100's. I can't imagine how loud that is. When just a couple land on the deck they are loud as hell.
A hook through the body of a living one makes the best fishing bait ever. Bass cannot resist the them as they flap around on top of the water. Also had good success with them for rainbow trout...
When they molt at the end of the season they leave behind these disgusting amber-colored shells. Many cute girls in my middle school had those stuck to their sweaters by yours truly when they weren't paying attention. The little serated claws they leave on the shell will stick to most fabric like magic.
JD, you should annoy your friends and family with them! I highly recommend it.
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This is not at all like the infestation I experienced in N Va. where you had to drive with your windows up and listen to the constant thump as they committed suicide on your windows. And then there were the shovel brigades to clear out the piles of them around any door that had a light on all night.
Hear them everywhere here but have yet to see one in flight.
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You WISH they were katydids. You got cicadas bro.
Here's the map
http://magicicada.org/about/brood_pages/broodXXIII.php
Cicada sounds
http://www.soundboard.com/sb/cicada_audio_clips
Katydid sounds
http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Katydid_sounds
A hook through the body of a living one makes the best fishing bait ever. Bass cannot resist the them as they flap around on top of the water. Also had good success with them for rainbow trout...
I bet there are 10's of em in our yard when they come around, but not 100's. I can't imagine how loud that is. When just a couple land on the deck they are loud as hell.
When they molt at the end of the season they leave behind these disgusting amber-colored shells. Many cute girls in my middle school had those stuck to their sweaters by yours truly when they weren't paying attention.
The little serated claws they leave on the shell will stick to most fabric like magic.
JD, you should annoy your friends and family with them! I highly recommend it.
It's a scary thing to have stuck to you for sure.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
This is not at all like the infestation I experienced in N Va. where you had to drive with your windows up and listen to the constant thump as they committed suicide on your windows. And then there were the shovel brigades to clear out the piles of them around any door that had a light on all night.
Hear them everywhere here but have yet to see one in flight.
Billions of cicadas will buzz this spring as two broods emerge at the same time.
The last time the two broods - Brood XIX and Brood XII - emerged simultaneously was in 1803.
Brood XIX, the Northern Illinois Brood, emerges every 17 years and Brood XII, the Great Southern Brood, emerges every 13 years.
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