Cicadapocalypse

20 January 2024, 01:14 PM

wtg

Cicadapocalypse

quote:
2 cicada broods are popping up together for the first time in 221 years — and they'll meet in Illinois.

https://www.businessinsider.co...st-south-2024-1?op=1

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20 January 2024, 01:34 PM

ShiroKuro

quote:
"Leap year, cicadas, AND an election year? Idk if I can do it," one commenter on Instagram said.

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20 January 2024, 02:12 PM

Piano*Dad

What if the two groups of Cicadas ... don't get along?

Cicada Wars!

20 January 2024, 02:30 PM

Mikhailoh

You really have to wonder how that species ever developed. They sleep in the ground for 17 years, all crawl up into the trees at the same time, fool around, drop eggs and die.

A sense of humor would explain more than natural selection.

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20 January 2024, 03:48 PM

Nina

One of my oddest and earliest childhood memories (in Yuma, AZ no less) was the side of our house covered with cicada "shells" (empty) during a bloom. My sister and I threw tennis balls at them, trying to smash them off the wall. I must've been about 4.

17 May 2024, 08:25 AM

wtg

May 16th was the predicted emergence date for our area.

Right on time. Only saw two actual cicadas, but there are a bunch of shells on the wall of the house and on the driveway.

17 May 2024, 09:30 AM

Piano*Dad

We've had 'em for about 10 days so far. Walking around during the day sounds like you're walking through the sound set for a sci-fi movie.

Brood XIX in the back yard

They're tame and almost friendly ..

17 May 2024, 09:45 AM

rontuner

There have been scattered reports on our downtown Chicago Facebook page, but I haven't seen or heard any yet!

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