"The Cicadas Are Coming" Topic

"For nearly two decades, billions of cicadas have lain beneath the ground of eastern North America, feeding and fattening, waiting for the signal to rise and restart one of the most extraordinary life cycles in the animal kingdom. They are Brood X, an insect swarm of mind-boggling proportions that will soon make its first appearance since 2004.

The bugs belong to a group called "periodical cicadas," named as such because they emerge only once every 13 or 17 years, depending on the brood. A brood, by the way, is simply a class of cicadas that happen to pop out of the ground at the same time — there are 15 in the U.S. They often consist of multiple species, all coincidentally synchronized. Brood X, or the Great Eastern Brood, spans more than a dozen states, and may be the largest among the 17-year cicadas…"

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One landed on my shoulder today as I was getting into my car. Sat down, it chirped at me, I rolled the window down, and he flew off…

My dog (barely past being a pup) has already eaten and barfed back up many. Yay!

Yet to see one, heard from others that have. Maybe nothing here they want.

Still none, and outside a lot

Finally saw some at my sister's house, place was swarming with them. Still haven't see one here.