Posted: 6/4/2013 2:27:05 PM EDT
| It sounds like a siren outside and my back porch is a grave yard. When will these things be gone? |
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I am in the red on the map and haven't seen a signal one. I did make a quick trip to the mountains yesterday and I could hear them off in the distance. I want to see some. I bought one of those electric fly swatters just for them  Where do I get one of those |
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Crossing fingers....but haven't heard or seen one yet Depending on your location, you may not see Brood II at all this year: http://www.cicadas.info/new_body_2013.jpg Sweet! 2020, so I can hold sleep in peace for now. When I lived in Fredericksburg I swear that it had been 17years every year. |
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I was driving on 95 between Fairfax and Richmond on Monday and could hear them in my car with the windows up. Took me a while to figure out that the noise was coming from outside my car. Sounded like a weed wacker. They are mind numbing. I can't chill out in the pool and relax cause they kamikazee the pool and die. They run into everything and just die. I shook a tree at the base and probably 1-200 of them came buzzing out. |
| Plenty of them around here in the northern part of Spotsylvania county. Noisy but not a real bother. They seem to "sing" on the same frequency as the ringing in my ears so they are easy to ignore. Starting to see a lot of dead ones so they may have peaked. I also heard them in my car while driving on 95 just south of Quantico. |
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Crossing fingers....but haven't heard or seen one yet Depending on your location, you may not see Brood II at all this year: Wow thanks for posting that! That definitely explains why I haven't seen the first one. I was beginning to wonder. Ditto. We haven't seen any so far. I've been wondering what all the fuss is about.
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It's different now that they're swarming, but we still have thousands in my yard. It was cool at first, but I'll be very happy for this to be over.
This is what happens when they dig out. 
Plenty found a spot on my 7 year old's target 
Seems most find a spot somewhere in a tree 
Cicada carnage. The mortality rate after molting isn't good. 
Shells and dead one's. Every tree, picnic table, grill, and anything else that touches the ground is like this. 
My 7 year old with one pre-molt 
The Shepherd pup in her muzzled shame 
5.5 pounds of cicada eating fury. If we don't put her "Hannibal" mask on, she will promptly double her body weight, and die. |
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It's different now that they're swarming, but we still have thousands in my yard. It was cool at first, but I'll be very happy for this to be over. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg</a> This is what happens when they dig out. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg</a> Plenty found a spot on my 7 year old's target <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg</a> Seems most find a spot somewhere in a tree <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg</a> Cicada carnage. The mortality rate after molting isn't good. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg</a> Shells and dead one's. Every tree, picnic table, grill, and anything else that touches the ground is like this. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg</a> My 7 year old with one pre-molt <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg</a> The Shepherd pup in her muzzled shame <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg</a> 5.5 pounds of cicada eating fury. If we don't put her "Hannibal" mask on, she will promptly double her body weight, and die. lol II havent seen nor heard cicada's here in arlington, Im waiting for my 5 4 legged retards to start running thru the house with cicada's on there fur |
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It's different now that they're swarming, but we still have thousands in my yard. It was cool at first, but I'll be very happy for this to be over. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg</a> This is what happens when they dig out. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg</a> Plenty found a spot on my 7 year old's target <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg</a> Seems most find a spot somewhere in a tree <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg</a> Cicada carnage. The mortality rate after molting isn't good. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg</a> Shells and dead one's. Every tree, picnic table, grill, and anything else that touches the ground is like this. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg</a> My 7 year old with one pre-molt <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg</a> The Shepherd pup in her muzzled shame <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg</a> 5.5 pounds of cicada eating fury. If we don't put her "Hannibal" mask on, she will promptly double her body weight, and die. That's what my yard looks like. It's a massacre. |
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It's different now that they're swarming, but we still have thousands in my yard. It was cool at first, but I'll be very happy for this to be over. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg</a> This is what happens when they dig out. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg</a> Plenty found a spot on my 7 year old's target <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg</a> Seems most find a spot somewhere in a tree <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg</a> Cicada carnage. The mortality rate after molting isn't good. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg</a> Shells and dead one's. Every tree, picnic table, grill, and anything else that touches the ground is like this. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg</a> My 7 year old with one pre-molt <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg</a> The Shepherd pup in her muzzled shame <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg</a> 5.5 pounds of cicada eating fury. If we don't put her "Hannibal" mask on, she will promptly double her body weight, and die. That's what my yard looks like. It's a massacre. What county are you in? I'm in Spotsylvania. |
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I am in the red on the map and haven't seen a signal one. I did make a quick trip to the mountains yesterday and I could hear them off in the distance. I want to see some. I bought one of those electric fly swatters just for them Where do I get one of those Lowes is where I got mine. |
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It's different now that they're swarming, but we still have thousands in my yard. It was cool at first, but I'll be very happy for this to be over. Dang, you got hammered in Spotsy! Louisa County, at least at our house, is bad but not like those pics that you shared. Here, the leaves on the tips of some tree branches are browning out, I assume that's from them cutting the bark to lay the eggs. The "leaves" on your tree look rough, what type of tree is that? FWIW- read a article the other day that said it's a four week cycle that starts when the ground temps hit about 64 degrees. I'm ready for it to be over, running out of Windex from cleaning the windshield and tired of the noise. |
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It's different now that they're swarming, but we still have thousands in my yard. It was cool at first, but I'll be very happy for this to be over. Dang, you got hammered in Spotsy! Louisa County, at least at our house, is bad but not like those pics that you shared. Here, the leaves on the tips of some tree branches are browning out, I assume that's from them cutting the bark to lay the eggs. The "leaves" on your tree look rough, what type of tree is that? FWIW- read a article the other day that said it's a four week cycle that starts when the ground temps hit about 64 degrees. I'm ready for it to be over, running out of Windex from cleaning the windshield and tired of the noise. The leaves on the younger branches are taking the worst of it. I honestly don't know what kind of tree is in the closeup picture. I always thought it was some kind of beechwood, but someone recently told me it wasn't. The other trees in the pictures are maples and the one by the archery target is a white oak. The amazing thing is some neighborhoods a couple miles away have no cicadas. |
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A friend of mine saw your puppy. She wanted to help her Siberian Husky out with well making puppies?
Me I am not taking one I already have two cats and two dogs a Borzoi and a Collie. I do not need another one. Quoted:
It's different now that they're swarming, but we still have thousands in my yard. It was cool at first, but I'll be very happy for this to be over. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0459_zps449da839.jpg</a> This is what happens when they dig out. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0460_zps4bae3463.jpg</a> Plenty found a spot on my 7 year old's target <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0456_zpscf1944f3.jpg</a> Seems most find a spot somewhere in a tree <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0454_zps59ebfb72.jpg</a> Cicada carnage. The mortality rate after molting isn't good. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0453_zps95f062c1.jpg</a> Shells and dead one's. Every tree, picnic table, grill, and anything else that touches the ground is like this. <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0449_zps83827979.jpg</a> My 7 year old with one pre-molt <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0464_zps68132d35.jpg</a> The Shepherd pup in her muzzled shame <a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/user/tejota_2008/media/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/tejota_2008/cicadas/IMG_0467_zps0303ed4f.jpg</a> 5.5 pounds of cicada eating fury. If we don't put her "Hannibal" mask on, she will promptly double her body weight, and die. |
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Were getting hammered in Spotsylvania. Both my dogs have to be muzzled. If not, they eat them by the hundreds, and throw it all up inside.  I drove up to Spotsylvania from Henrico (which is nice and quiet) and couldn't figure out what the noise was when I got out of the car in the woods. My first thought was that it was related to the power plant at Lake Anna going critical or something. |
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The one aspect those pictures do not relay is the STENCH of all those rotting dead bugs... It is NASTY!
At it's worst two weeks ago, I used the blower to blow them all into the grass areas, then took the lawnmower and went back and forth mulching them up... The smell almost made me vomit a few times in my dust mask... I should have put on an NBC gas mask that I have not needed yet (thankfully)... The grass felt slippery like mud... The sun then baked the mulched carcasses and within a few days it was not too bad smell-wise... But the sound is deafening! Rmpl |