fourseasons Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 2/24/2021 at 3:53 AM, wxtrix said: i was living in DC (Cathedral Heights) when the last swarm emerged. as they came out of the ground i could see them on my window screens. I lived near a big wooded park and the noise in my neighborhood (full of trees) was deafening. I had a tree right outside my apartment and it was absolutely covered with cicadas. I was apprehensive about it, but they are harmless and bumbling. you'll see the newly emerged ones upside down on the street. I used to turn them right side up as I headed to my bus stop. Expand I was living in DC as well, and it was amazing the difference between one part of town and another just based on that. I remember the residential part of Tenleytown being an absolute racket and with plenty of dead cicadas plastered to the sidewalks, while areas like Capitol Hill were not that bad in comparison. I guess this would also be the thread to post Beethoven insults if anyone is inclined. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Heh Heh, glad I don’t have to deal with those. They’re too clumsy flying into people and stuff. I’d freak out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXW176 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 What a weird year or so... 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXW176 Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Fantastic read @wxtrix, thanks for the link! Def like the 2017 ref in that article. Noticed it here. And not frequently noted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/2/2021 at 1:12 AM, fourseasons said: I was living in DC as well, and it was amazing the difference between one part of town and another just based on that. I remember the residential part of Tenleytown being an absolute racket and with plenty of dead cicadas plastered to the sidewalks, while areas like Capitol Hill were not that bad in comparison. I guess this would also be the thread to post Beethoven insults if anyone is inclined. Expand Hey man, the hill staffers gotta eat SOMETIME. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormfly Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Anyone have sensors measuring soil temperature? For a 17 year event this may prove worth it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 3:19 PM, Stormfly said: Anyone have sensors measuring soil temperature? For a 17 year event this may prove worth it! Expand Indeed. Meanwhile I'm precariously close to the southern edge of the forecasted swarm area here in northern VA with over 8 weeks to go. I can't afford any northward shifts. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormfly Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Imagine all the pool parties for Memorial Day weekend that are going to be ruined by these bugs! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 5:08 PM, Stormfly said: Imagine all the pool parties for Memorial Day weekend that are going to be ruined by these bugs! Expand The upshot is that there'll be plenty of available winged protein for the plucking for salads, casseroles, grilling and garnishes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 5:08 PM, Stormfly said: Imagine all the pool parties for Memorial Day weekend that are going to be ruined by these bugs! Expand My daughters birthday is May 11, so I think she’s ok. My wife’s 40th is June 8...not looking good. I told her I’ll sauté some cicadas for an appetizer. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 5:49 PM, WxUSAF said: My daughters birthday is May 11, so I think she’s ok. My wife’s 40th is June 8...not looking good. I told her I’ll sauté some cicadas for an appetizer. Expand My dear, you're the best thing that ever happened to me, marrying you was the smartest thing I ever did, we'll celebrate your milestone in September. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXW176 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Swapped the plates on my jalopy tonight. Wonder when my wife will notice. Wonder more when she will file for divorce... 3 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Am I the only one who doesn't understand why this is a big deal? What am I missing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristia Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 2/24/2021 at 12:16 AM, DanTheMan said: I have a straight up phobia of wasps and hornets. The Cicadas I can live with. Expand I have a phobia of bugs period. The stinkbugs here are unbelievable. I was seeing 10+ every day in the big front window. Get them with the bugzooka and 10 more were there to take their place the next day. One fell on my head while making dinner last week and then squared up on me after I brushed it to the floor . I’ve never seen one stand just on their back legs before. I wish I had taken a picture. Exterminator was out 2 days later. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 11:40 AM, Eskimo Joe said: Am I the only one who doesn't understand why this is a big deal? What am I missing? Expand What isn't cool about an animal that sleeps and Netflix and chills in dirt for 17 years and suddenly wakes up to eat and bone for a few weeks? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 11:40 AM, Eskimo Joe said: Am I the only one who doesn't understand why this is a big deal? What am I missing? Expand yes. its just you. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 11:51 AM, H2O said: What isn't cool about an animal that sleeps and Netflix and chills in dirt for 17 years and suddenly wakes up to eat and bone for a few weeks? Expand Best lifecycle description I've read yet. Makes the periodic cicadas seem SO badass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 2:54 PM, vastateofmind said: Best lifecycle description I've read yet. Makes the periodic cicadas seem SO badass. Expand way better than mayflies 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 11:51 AM, H2O said: What isn't cool about an animal that sleeps and Netflix and chills in dirt for 17 years and suddenly wakes up to eat and bone for a few weeks? Expand And loudly lets everyone know what they're doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 5:42 PM, fourseasons said: And loudly lets everyone know what they're doing. Expand Don’t you? I mean I yell “shoryuken!” at the end 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherShak Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 We’re waiting on 65 degree soil temp right?. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 On 3/23/2021 at 11:32 PM, WeatherShak said: We’re waiting on 65 degree soil temp right? . Expand 64 degrees at an 8 inch depth so deeper than the map. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I was a senior at Towson for 2004 and it was incredible. Once thing to look for is damage to the outer branches of trees. You will see brown spots of leaves. I must have been in some sort of epicenter as everything was covered with them. Just walking around meant crunching dozens. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 10:45 AM, LongBeachSurfFreak said: I was a senior at Towson for 2004 and it was incredible. Once thing to look for is damage to the outer branches of trees. You will see brown spots of leaves. I must have been in some sort of epicenter as everything was covered with them. Just walking around meant crunching dozens. Expand Great point. I remember at the end of and just after brood emergence that year, so many of the mature trees in my area looked like they were decorated in "brown icicles" -- where the last 6"-12" of tree branches and twigs wither or die off from female cicadas cutting egg slits into them. It was odd seeing the mixed green/brown for the remainder of that summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltimorewx Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 10:45 AM, LongBeachSurfFreak said: I was a senior at Towson for 2004 and it was incredible. Once thing to look for is damage to the outer branches of trees. You will see brown spots of leaves. I must have been in some sort of epicenter as everything was covered with them. Just walking around meant crunching dozens. Expand Yeah I was like 16. I remember playing baseball up at Delaney Valley high school I think and they were literally everywhere in the field. It was weird lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I remember reading this article 17 years ago. https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.cicada26may26-story.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXW176 Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 What is Brood X? When do cicadas come out in 2021? Answering your buggiest questions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/01/cicadas-come-out-2021-brood-x/ Cicada app ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLPressure Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Saw my first brood X emergent today. It quickly realized this wasn't Kansas and went back down into it's hole. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Saw my first yesterday, as well, although I found this one about 10” underground as I was digging up plants in preparation for our new porch going in this week: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 They're coming!!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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