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Cicada concert is playing

Post by GunnyGene » Tue May 07, 2024 4:35 pm

Our 13 year brood hatched out last nite. Something between 500,000 and one million per acre. I have 20 acres and I'm in the middle of the zone in the MS county map below.

https://www.wtva.com/cicada-mania-expec ... ef614.html

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Post by Sir Henry » Tue May 07, 2024 10:16 pm

That is amazing!
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Post by RetiredSeabee » Wed May 08, 2024 7:00 am

My first thought was Tinnitus. I get to listen to a concert of crickets and cicadas any time I am awake. I actually sit outside in the evenings and listen to the real crickets sometimes to help drown out my inner ones. We should be hearing the cicadas up this way in the next month or so.
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Post by Sir Henry » Wed May 08, 2024 7:29 am

I found this guy hanging on my front window this morning. There are two ponds close by and I hear all kinds of noises coming from it in the summer.
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Post by clovishound » Wed May 08, 2024 8:47 am

I was actually hoping there might be a few around here. They look like they might make good macro photography subjects. I remember seeing a few in Fla when I was growing up.
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Post by GunnyGene » Wed May 08, 2024 8:55 am

clovishound wrote:
Wed May 08, 2024 8:47 am
I was actually hoping there might be a few around here. They look like they might make good macro photography subjects. I remember seeing a few in Fla when I was growing up.
If you have a forested spot near by - preferably hardwoods - that's where they'll be.
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Post by clovishound » Wed May 08, 2024 9:03 am

GunnyGene wrote:
Wed May 08, 2024 8:55 am
If you have a forested spot near by - preferably hardwoods - that's where they'll be.
I'll probably be in the woods tomorrow morning with the new camera. I will keep my eyes and ears peeled.
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Post by GunnyGene » Wed May 08, 2024 9:14 am

clovishound wrote:
Wed May 08, 2024 9:03 am
GunnyGene wrote:
Wed May 08, 2024 8:55 am
If you have a forested spot near by - preferably hardwoods - that's where they'll be.
I'll probably be in the woods tomorrow morning with the new camera. I will keep my eyes and ears peeled.
Here's a interractive map which shows where the broods will come out in S.C. and around the country. You might have to drive inland quite a ways from Summerville. Also some useful info from the USDA/FS. Watch the temperature for the brood areas. They usually will hatch when you have consistent temps in the upper 70's low 80's.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cicadas-20 ... ee-cicada/

https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/here-come-cicadas
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Post by BigAl52 » Wed May 08, 2024 12:30 pm

Looks like some good pellet gun targets Gene
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Post by daytime dave » Wed May 08, 2024 1:57 pm

We have tree frogs here to serenade us. They were very noisy for a while.
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