H2O Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 57 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said: Now see I'm very emetophobic...and stories like this always give me pause on the idea of kids, lol the crap filled diapers are much worse 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, wxtrix said: yep. Magicicada septendecim are known as the “Pharoah cicadas” because of their song. Yes their sound is beautiful (although close up it kinda sounds like someone screaming "wooooooo!" with a slightly raspy voice! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, H2O said: the crap filled diapers are much worse I don't know dude...I think I'd fare much better with those than the other (I'd be in the fetal position, lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Loudest day yet here. Decibels in the 80s. They are everywhere. Including on my neck. Have removed four from the house and returned them to their sex trees. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said: I don't know dude...I think I'd fare much better with those than the other (I'd be in the fetal position, lol) Oh, I was in your shoes at one time. But as @H2O and probably just about every other parent on here would attest....you would be astounded at what you A) get used to, and B) tolerate, when it comes to addressing, disposing of or otherwise addressing bodily fluids originating from humans under the age of about 10. Like nearly everyone else...I'm guessing you'd be a pro at about 3-4 months into the process... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Still pretty quiet in the woods near my house but deafening in my yard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: Still pretty quiet in the woods near my house but deafening in my yard Just the opposite in my ‘hood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 4 hours ago, wxtrix said: yep. Magicicada septendecim are known as the “Pharoah cicadas” because of their song. You posted videos of the three different periodical species a month or two ago in this thread, and I thought at the time, "the septendecim can't POSSIBLY be that loud." Yes, they really are. I've walked through my house over the past two weeks, and distinctly heard that "phaaaaaa-roah" call -- much louder than the normal chorusing -- and was able to trace it to the specific bedroom or bathroom window where the septendecim cicada was hanging out and singing because it was SO much louder. AND, you could see their back half raising/falling as they sang. Truly fascinating stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: Still pretty quiet in the woods near my house but deafening in my yard There's a couple of more wooded areas nearby me (though not like "deep woods" really). I noticed they were later to emerge in those areas, but they now are pretty loud there. I've heard that they "prefer" to be more along the edges of forests and woods areas, not so much way in a deep forest or anything like that. Maybe your area is just on the edge enough that you get them all but they aren't in the main wooded part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 4 hours ago, wxtrix said: yep. Magicicada septendecim are known as the “Pharoah cicadas” because of their song. 3 minutes ago, vastateofmind said: You posted videos of the three different periodical species a month or two ago in this thread, and I thought at the time, "the septendecim can't POSSIBLY be that loud." Yes, they really are. I've walked through my house over the past two weeks, and distinctly heard that "phaaaaaa-roah" call -- much louder than the normal chorusing -- and was able to trace it to the specific bedroom or bathroom window where the septendecim cicada was hanging out and singing because it was SO much louder. AND, you could see their back half raising/falling as they sang. Truly fascinating stuff. It's interesting, for the most part during the day it's just a general din that I hear. But listening closely enough, in some of the trees right where I am, I can clearly hear the distinct "Phaaaa-roooh" of either individual Septendecims or "smaller" choruses of them. When I'm outside I can also clearly hear the distinct "ssssssssszzzzzz" (sizzle/hissing) of the Cassinis right underneath several trees too. Kinda cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, North Balti Zen said: Loudest day yet here. Decibels in the 80s. They are everywhere. Including on my neck. Have removed four from the house and returned them to their sex trees. "Sex trees"...LOL!!! Yeah, don't want them fornicating on your neck, either!!! Brings a new meaning to the word "necking"!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 No cicadas up here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: No cicadas up here. Wait seriously? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said: "Sex trees"...LOL!!! Yeah, don't want them fornicating on your neck, either!!! Brings a new meaning to the word "necking"!!! Necking?? Lolol I'll have to say that's a new term for me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Maestrobjwa said: Wait seriously? Nope. Ton where I work in Baltimore. Not a one up here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 39 minutes ago, vastateofmind said: Oh, I was in your shoes at one time. But as @H2O and probably just about every other parent on here would attest....you would be astounded at what you A) get used to, and tolerate, when it comes to addressing, disposing of or otherwise addressing bodily fluids originating from humans under the age of about 10. Like nearly everyone else...I'm guessing you'd be a pro at about 3-4 months into the process... Nah man you don't know how deep my emetophobia really is (Actually I think I'd be better with baby barf than when they get slightly older)...Yet my dad is just as bad with that, and somehow pulled it together one time (I still can't drive by that school without feeling a tad nauseous, lol). Also had another with my same phobia tell me that the parental instinct would kick in and kinda override it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said: Necking?? Lolol I'll have to say that's a new term for me Must be too old of a term for "making out". I think even @H2O might recognize it! But his lingo might go even farther back than that! Perhaps he can enlighten us on an equivalent Chaucerian phrase... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: Nope. Ton where I work in Baltimore. Not a one up here. That is weird...especially with all the trees you have in your neck of the woods. Maybe you get a different brood? (And you still work at Carver, right? Definitely plenty of trees in that neighborhood!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, psuhoffman said: No cicadas up here. We know a couple of people up your way that said the same thing -- no cicadas. Same with some of my family in Calvert. Looking at this map you are close to the border of Brood X and Brood II in red -- 2013 and 2030. Looks like Calvert is Brood II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 13 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said: Necking?? Lolol I'll have to say that's a new term for me 13 hours ago, Always in Zugzwang said: Must be too old of a term for "making out". I think even @H2O might recognize it! But his lingo might go even farther back than that! Perhaps he can enlighten us on an equivalent Chaucerian phrase... "Tongue hockey" was another necking euphemism from HS....although given the, uh, "position" that the periodical cicadas manifest during their public displays of affection, "butt hockey" might be a more apt term for them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 13 hours ago, Always in Zugzwang said: Must be too old of a term for "making out". I think even @H2O might recognize it! But his lingo might go even farther back than that! Perhaps he can enlighten us on an equivalent Chaucerian phrase... 16 minutes ago, vastateofmind said: "Tongue hockey" was another necking euphemism from HS....although given the, uh, "position" that the periodical cicadas manifest during their public displays of affection, "butt hockey" might be a more apt term for them. What is this "necking" thing? That was what we called it when people got the guillotine. if you are talking about the act of placing lips on the part between shoulders and head we called that "throat snogging" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, H2O said: What is this "necking" thing? That was what we called it when people got the guillotine. if you are talking about the act of placing lips on the part between shoulders and head we called that "throat snogging" youre so old and weird. lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, mappy said: youre so old and weird. lol I'm not as tired as you today. And you laughed at "throat snogging" don't lie 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 12 hours ago, BlizzardNole said: We know a couple of people up your way that said the same thing -- no cicadas. Same with some of my family in Calvert. Looking at this map you are close to the border of Brood X and Brood II in red -- 2013 and 2030. Looks like Calvert is Brood II Calvert doesn't get II anymore either My dad lives in Delta, PA, and doesn't have any either- he's right within the border of this map. I think the coverage is shrinking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, H2O said: I'm not as tired as you today. And you laughed at "throat snogging" don't lie diaf lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 16 minutes ago, mappy said: diaf lol cicadas aren't tired either. Still loud. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormfly Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 They are quite loud today. As far as some seeing NO activity, they are quite localized. If you drive around where they are active you will notice pockets of silence and then suddenly out of nowhere they are LOUD. Tuesday I was driving the backroads between Union Bridge and Belair and noticed this. Areas in Reisterstown and Glyndon were quite active as in windows down = cicadas joining the ride with you! 1 hour ago, H2O said: cicadas aren't tired either. Still loud. If you had to wait 17 years for sex you wouldn't sleep for a few weeks! OK definitely noticeably louder today. Sun peaking through (660W/m^2) and sound in my family room is 46 decibels. Normally it's 31. It's loud enough that someone on the other end of a phone call can hear it. In the forest it's hitting mid 80s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleocene Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Yesterday I had my son and his friend (second graders) at a neighborhood park. They noticed a young maple tree (15 feet ish) was covered with cicadas. Naturally, they grabbed the trunk and shook it as hard as possible. It was quite a spectacle - no guarantee of accuracy but at least 50 cicadas blasted off in all directions, shouting their displeasure. Hilarious! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 36 minutes ago, wxtrix said: i feel like this is a reverse snowstorm--usually I report snow first and then it moves east. but with cicadas i am reporting last, 10-12 days behind everyone else. I got to enjoy everyone else's anticipation and now I'm experiencing it myself. today I can hear the chorus inside the house with the windows closed. I opened the door to the deck and called oceanwx and he said he could now hear them over the phone. I'm hating the thought of when the "back edge" will start coming. These things are just so fun and wish they would stick around longer. but then again the wait is what makes them fun. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 I'm noticing 'cicada rain' today falling from the trees on the side of my house. yuck 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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