So today was the first day that we noticed this deafening trill while we were birding this morning. "Seems kind of early for cicadas," I said. Well believe it or not, 2008 is the 17-year cicada emergence year in the East. Yup their life cycle is SEVENTEEN years long. And of course their mass emergence is tied to my second field season. Hopefully they don't get any louder because we won't be able to hear the birds! Watch out, Brood XIV is back (and hasn't been here since 1991)!
For more info and pictures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magicicada
2 comments:
Aside from being noisy, will these guys be much of a problem for you?
Other than flying into us and being generally annoying....no. They can't hurt us, they are just kinda of sloppy flyers and kinda creepy! We found one in our car the other day- apparently he needed a ride...
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