the Cicadas are coming, the Cicadas are coming!!!

[Kerrmudgeon]

This year after a 17 year gestation period the noisy little bastards are coming to the air. They'll be on trees, on the ground, in the air.....everywhere!! All over the northeast USA. You'll hear them before you see them....:willy::willy:

http://www.pmansbach.com/cicada.jpg

Millions, and millions or them will be looking for mates, a once every 17 year phenomenon! :ack:

http://www.fotobuff.com/Photos/Bugs/17_year_Cicada/cicada_2831a.JPG

[Bill]

Time to break out the private stock.

http://www.pestcontrol-pedia.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sticla-cu-DDT.jpg

[OddBall]

Millions, and millions or them will be looking for mates, a once every 17 year phenomenon! :ack:



:funnier:

...will....not...make...JoeBuck...joke....

[Fasglas]

:funnier:

...will....not...make...JoeBuck...joke....

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[99 pewtercoupe]

:funnier:

...will....not...make...JoeBuck...joke....

That harsh, funny but harsh :rofl:

[VatorMan]

I promised myself that we would leave the area next time those mofos came back. I took one right between the eyes on my motorcycle that almost knocked me out and one off the hand while riding in the car with the window down. The noise is unbearable and the amount of birds triple.

Dammit.

[Kerrmudgeon]

I promised myself that we would leave the area next time those mofos came back. I took one right between the eyes on my motorcycle that almost knocked me out and one off the hand while riding in the car with the window down. The noise is unbearable and the amount of birds triple.

Dammit.

Imagine this at full volume......:willy:

The Sound of Cicadas -- Amazing Noise of Dense Cicadas - YouTube


How loud are cicadas? Some have been measured at 100 decibels at 20 yards away, which is loud enough to be heard over a lawnmower!
How do they make all that racket? On the underside of the abdomen at the front are two stiff membranes called tymbals. If you turn a male on its back you will see two shield-like structures just under the hind legs. The tymbals are underneath these structures. They have a special muscle attached to them and by rapidly contracting and relaxing the muscle - up to 400 times per second! - the tymbal is "popped" back and forth, much like pushing down and then releasing the top of an empty pop can. The cicada's special muscle gets tired after a while and the insect then stops to rest. This is what happens when you hear the buzz of a cicada sputter to a halt. Each species of cicada has a distinct song. Visit the Cicadas of Michigan web site to hear 10 different species of cicada.

[Y2Kvert4me]

2007 was when they last hit here...I remember hitting one in IL on my way to Cruse In, made the most awful (but colorful) mess on the front of the car. :lol:

Not returning to this area until 2024.

[Grey Ghost]

They were here last year. Evil eyes, and crazy noise level.

[Ms.Gem]

They were here last year. Evil eyes, and crazy noise level.

When I was living in Warner Robins in 98 there were a few around and even then the noise was crazy. :ack: :willy:

[Grey Ghost]

When I was living in Warner Robins in 98 there were a few around and even then the noise was crazy. :ack: :willy:

We were camping and the noise never stopped.

I love the aviation museum at Warner Robbins. It is a real hidden gem.

[Ms.Gem]

We were camping and the noise never stopped.

I love the aviation museum at Warner Robbins. It is a real hidden gem.

I believe it.

I lived a stones throw from there. :D

[JRD77VET]

I promised myself that we would leave the area next time those mofos came back. I took one right between the eyes on my motorcycle that almost knocked me out and one off the hand while riding in the car with the window down. The noise is unbearable and the amount of birds triple.

Dammit.

You do realize that helmets have faceshields, right? :D

[Ms.Gem]

You do realize that helmets have faceshields, right? :D

Stop trying to put logic into a thread. Your also assuming he had on a helmet. :slap::D:leaving:

[JRD77VET]

Stop trying to put logic into a thread. Your also assuming he had on a helmet. :slap::D:leaving:

:leaving:

[Yamma]

Had those here the spring before last - I'm not scared of much, but those things freak me out to no end.

[VatorMan]

You do realize that helmets have faceshields, right? :D

Harley douchbag half helmet. :lol: No windshield. Surprised the SOB didn't break my sunglasses.

[JRD77VET]

Harley douchbag half helmet. :lol: No windshield. Surprised the SOB didn't break my sunglasses.

Well, to be quite blunt, it's your own damn fault. You knew the cicadas were active and you went out with minimal protection.
says the guy who got stung in the left nipple wearing a muscle shirt on a kawasaki KZ750--I learned my lesson a long time ago

[DukeAllen]

I hate those damn things. We had them in MD and PA about 7 or 8 years ago. A year later we went on vacation to the USAF museum in Dayton and the damn things were out there!

When they were out once in the 80s, I had one follow me for about 3 blocks. Never hit me, stayed about 2 feet above my right shoulder. Freaked me out :lol:

[Rob]

6-Story Wall of Cicadas - YouTube

My building where I work - 2011

[Olustee bus]

damn, I don't think I have ever seen em. If I leave the country, when should I return?

[Marc]

Just read on Fox News that parts of NJ could see 1 billion per sq. mile. NFW, that works out to @ 36 per sq. ft. :kimblair: I'm out of here at those numbers :rofl:


"They're largely harmless, but their sheer numbers can cause headaches. Some areas could see as many as a billion of the cicadas per square mile. That can lead to a lot of dead bugs all over roadways and grassy surfaces. They can also disrupt outdoor events with their loud buzzing."

[Kerrmudgeon]

I think I read somewhere that this part of their cycle lasts up to
TWO MONTHS!!! Yikes!:willy:

[ZipZap]

Pfft. This is just Brood II. Brood X (2004, 2021) is the monster...

[OddBall]

Personally, I welcome our new orange-eyed Overlords

[Olustee bus]

damn, I don't think I have ever seen em. If I leave the country, when should I return?

well damn, I saw my first one today at my house. Only one so far.

[island14]

I promised myself that we would leave the area next time those mofos came back. I took one right between the eyes on my motorcycle that almost knocked me out and one off the hand while riding in the car with the window down. The noise is unbearable and the amount of birds triple.

Dammit.




SPLAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl:

[Ms.Gem]

well damn, I saw my first one today at my house. Only one so far.

Crap! Time to sell the house and high tale it to some Caribbean Island. :D

[C5Nate]

:confused: We have them every summer around here. :island14:

[jaxgator]

:confused: We have them every summer around here. :island14:

Best I can recall, so do we.

Found this while doing a litle research on them. I didnt know that they molted.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cicada_molting_animated-2.gif

[onedef92]

Epic avatar photo, there, Kerrmudgeon. One of my favorite P.O.V.s.

[onedef92]

Best I can recall, so do we.

Found this while doing a litle research on them. I didnt know that they molted.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cicada_molting_animated-2.gif

Hard to believe all they do is suck on an underground root for 17 years, surface to molt, mate, then die three days later. It would suck to be the one mofo who failed to get on after that long a dry spell.