MN Transplant Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I think we are a day or two behind H2O here. My 6 yo can handle them from the sidewalk but she freaked out when she went in the grass and the were near her feet. Constant hum, but not loud yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Headed back to Arlington tomorrow, excited to see what the situation is like. I’m sure it’ll be really cool for a day and tiring after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP08 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Loud enough to hear in the house. Flying and falling everywhere. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I was mistaken that they had not made it to Purcellville. They can be heard clearly in the woods making themselves known. I am on old farm land with only a few splotches of trees. They are not in my backyard but close by 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 The only sound is the HVAC kicking on, and a wide variety of chirping birds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunny23 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 My one infiltrated tree isn't so lonely anymore. As soon as we open our garage door you can hear the creeping and crawling. They definitely love the garage door. I'm guessing soil is warmer around house foundation? We literally had to sweep exoskeletons out of the way and they have bombarded our garage. Our shaded trees/woods still don't have a lot but they are starting to pop. Really looking forward to the next few nights! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Very loud this morning on my bike ride. A noticeable uptick from yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Our older dog has been stalking the back fence the last three days, won’t come inside, staying out there for hours just pacing the fence. We figured she was waiting for neighbors to come out and give her treats (an older neighbor does this daily, gives the dogs animal crackers). Anyway, we saw her grabbing something off the fence and start eating. While I haven’t walked out to investigate, the kiddo did and said there were cicadas shells on the ground. So our dog is pacing the fence to eat cicadas is seems lol 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Do they frequently hit the car while driving? I’d imagine so... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Rhino16 said: Do they frequently hit the car while driving? I’d imagine so... Reminds me of a joke I heard some time ago: What's the last thing to come to a bug's mind when it hits your windshield?? Its ass! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 25 minutes ago, mappy said: Our older dog has been stalking the back fence the last three days, won’t come inside, staying out there for hours just pacing the fence. We figured she was waiting for neighbors to come out and give her treats (an older neighbor does this daily, gives the dogs animal crackers). Anyway, we saw her grabbing something off the fence and start eating. While I haven’t walked out to investigate, the kiddo did and said there were cicadas shells on the ground. So our dog is pacing the fence to eat cicadas is seems lol Haha...free Scooby snacks!! I've seen birds occasionally dive-bombing or plucking things off the ground, too. Maybe the squashed or dead ones on the sidewalk are fast food! Steady din of cicadas here, not so much right in my yard but all around and it's louder (Audubon Nature Center very nearby me, they're all over and humming up a storm). Interesting that I've seen so many coming out on trees around my place but I don't (yet) hear any in those same trees. Maybe they just flew off. I'm sure not all were eaten, there were so many. Like @WxUSAF mentioned, I've also noticed that in some "deeper woods" they aren't out yet, but I have seen indications on the "edges" of there in the past day. I'd have to imagine there are a ton in those relatively undisturbed old-wood regions. And like @H2O, I've noticed many new ones coming out on several nights, even on the same trees. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 32 minutes ago, mappy said: Our older dog has been stalking the back fence the last three days, won’t come inside, staying out there for hours just pacing the fence. We figured she was waiting for neighbors to come out and give her treats (an older neighbor does this daily, gives the dogs animal crackers). Anyway, we saw her grabbing something off the fence and start eating. While I haven’t walked out to investigate, the kiddo did and said there were cicadas shells on the ground. So our dog is pacing the fence to eat cicadas is seems lol Yup. Back neighbor has a maple that sits a few feet from our fence, cicadas coming from it, getting to the fence to molt and meeting their end by our dog. lol Did find shells on our weeping cherry and dogwood out front, they weren’t there yesterday when I did my walk around the yard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 44 minutes ago, snowfan said: Very loud this morning on my bike ride. A noticeable uptick from yesterday. Same here. Increasing every day now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Not seeing many new ones but it’s just as loud today as the last couple days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Was just talking to a neighbor outside and his dog leaped up and grabbed a flying cicada out of mid air. Impressive technique for a quick snack. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 I don't know whether it's because I was a little kid the last time they came out and, as a result, didn't pay much attention to the noise. But I never noticed this level of noise in 2004. I can hear them from inside the house now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 The sound has gotten louder and louder the last few days. I drove through Laurel this morning and could hear it even while in the car with all of the windows up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormfly Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Dogs want to go outside all the time now, not surprised! Also, the birdbath needs to be washed out several times a day now. Full of wings and other bits. Blue Jays and Crows constantly quarreling over six legged catch. We've had some wind gusts and every time I check it looks smoky, there is so much pollen in the air it's nuts. We definitely need some rain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Stormfly said: Dogs want to go outside all the time now, not surprised! Also, the birdbath needs to be washed out several times a day now. Full of wings and other bits. Blue Jays and Crows constantly quarreling over six legged catch. We've had some wind gusts and every time I check it looks smoky, there is so much pollen in the air it's nuts. We definitely need some rain. It's funny, too, when a stiff breeze goes through, the "overall volume knob" on the cicada chorusing gets turned down a notch or two...I picture them stopping their song to dig in and hold onto their branch until the worst of the breeze passes through, and then they turn that knob back up to 11! BTW, consistent and pretty loud cicada song yesterday and today -- though not annoyingly so. We've had to increase the volume on our outdoor patio speaker by a couple notches, as the cicadas were pretty effectively drowning out the music this weekend. I can't remember from 2004...do we peak for 1-2 weeks like this, and then the drone dies off as the mature adults start concluding their orgy and dying off? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, vastateofmind said: It's funny, too, when a stiff breeze goes through, the "overall volume knob" on the cicada chorusing gets turned down a notch or two...I picture them stopping their song to dig in and hold onto their branch until the worst of the breeze passes through, and then they turn that knob back up to 11! BTW, consistent and pretty loud cicada song yesterday and today -- though not annoyingly so. We've had to increase the volume on our outdoor patio speaker by a couple notches, as the cicadas were pretty effectively drowning out the music this weekend. I can't remember from 2004...do we peak for 1-2 weeks like this, and then the drone dies off as the mature adults start concluding their orgy and dying off? Hahaha. I just observed this minutes ago myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Only noise around here is farm equipment, and redneck trucks with muffler delete. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Finally got a mass emergence at my house. Easily better than 500 casings in my lawn. Having grown up in the city, I'm quite excited to have this. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Went with my wife and kids to Glen Burnie to visit family- the shells are everywhere and the adults are emerging and crawling around on trees. The song is noticeable but not too loud yet. The kids loved playing with them! We are all obsessed with frozen water and magic bugs that appear every 17 years. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Mr map alerted me that our crabapple tree had a lot on them after he noticed while mowing the lawn. Yay 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Pulsing waves of their song here but still not as loud or crazy as 2004. Hoping it keeps escalating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Pretty loud here today. I can distinctly hear the differences between two of the species in some places...kinda cool (I think the "hissing" sound is magicicada cassini, and the more common "phaaa-rohhh" is septendecim?). Saw a funny bit of graffiti while out for a walk, going under one of these bridges along a trail. It said "F**K CICADAS!" I guess whomever wrote that isn't a fan! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, vastateofmind said: It's funny, too, when a stiff breeze goes through, the "overall volume knob" on the cicada chorusing gets turned down a notch or two...I picture them stopping their song to dig in and hold onto their branch until the worst of the breeze passes through, and then they turn that knob back up to 11! Spinal Tap cicadas! One louder!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 If you stand under a tree with lots of shells around it you WILL get hit by falling cicadas 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 been able to hear them loud and clear the last few days and starting to see them flying around now. there was even one chillin' on my window last night lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Had my first one land on me during one of the walks w/ the pup today. I named it Harold. 1 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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