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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
What if the two groups of Cicadas ... don't get along? Cicada Wars! | |||
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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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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. | |||
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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.  
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
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 ..  | |||
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There have been scattered reports on our downtown Chicago Facebook page, but I haven't seen or heard any yet!
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Happening in St Louis.
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Map of reported sightings. Amazing amount of detailed data, right down to the location where the photo was taken. https://cicadamap.msj.edu/ In my immediate neighborhood there was a bit of an uptick yesterday but we're still waiting for the hordes to appear. https://www.nbcchicago.com/cic...ported-most/3441600/
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| Beatification Candidate |
I've seen more in the suburbs and heard my first in Berwyn today.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
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That's pretty cool, P*D. Hard to tell from the video...how loud are they? I saw a robin on our front porch and wondered if they eat cicadas. Turns out they do, as do a bunch of other birds: https://learnbirdwatching.com/birds-that-eat-cicadas/
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
On today's walk, it sounded like a small jet engine nearby, above you in the trees. As I walk around my neighborhood I'll come upon a portion of a block with a big patch of natural area with lots of older oak trees. That's the loudest. Front yards with few or no trees, or only small ornamentals like crepe myrtles are much quieter. I grab the cicadas that are sitting in the roadway and assist them to the nearby forest. You put 'em on the trunk of an oak and they immediately start climbing upward! | |||
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See, you're a kind-hearted naturalist. Not I. I was teasing the cicadas on my driveway. I went out and saw one crawling on the asphalt. I stood about a foot away and it seemed to be heading towards my shoes. I moved around it, and it turned to head towards me again. Then I moved behind it and it made a 180 degree turn. I wondered if it thought my brown shoe was the trunk of a tree or something.
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