Cicada Buzz
So The Great Eastern Brood (X) of Cicadas is getting ready to emerge across numerous states in the East, Midwest, and South Central US.
Is anyone seeing them surface yet?
I remember back when I was a wee lad growing up in Ann Arbor, the Great Cicada Eruption of 1970. They were everywhere! I was fascinated by those buggy red eyes, the delicate wings, the loud buzzing, and the crunchy shells left behind What a cool thing that was to experience!
Missed the 1987 swarms due to living out West.
Missed them again in 2004.
Hoping that they will emerge in W. Michigan this year when the soil temperature hits 64 degrees, 8 inches deep.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/trillions-of-brood-x-cicadas-have-started-e…
No sign of them at our place on the west side of A2.
Given the consistently cold temps, especially at night, I’m skeptical the soil has warmed up enough.
Try June.
Google can be your friend, sometimes.
To East Quad: So Google could've revealed if anyone on MGoBoard has already seen cicadas emerge in their locale? Because that's the question. Of course it's going to be May or June once the soil warms up. That point is going to be different all over the emergence zones.
To Don: That was a fun link, thanks. The #3 sign gave me a laugh.
"Cicada holes are about the size of a dime. Cicadas preemptively dig holes to the surface and wait until the weather is nice enough for them to emerge. Sometimes you can see them down in the holes."
I kind of remember that from 1970 also but it's not going to be too helpful this year, at least in our own yard, because I have a lawn aeration scheduled for next week and that would be a lot of little holes to peer into :-)
Ok - yes, I live in Florida and I have already heard at least one cicada.
However, Florida is not one of the areas mentioned for Brood X hyper hatch.
I assumed you were referring to Michigan, although upon further review, your post was clear.
I assumed that your initial jab was aimed at me (the OP) and it seemed a little rude so I jabbed back. I appreciate your follow up though and i've "relaxed" (edited) my own reply accordingly. Indiana is the one state that has Brood X completely covered! ...well, vice-versa.
The last time these cicadas emerged, was the last time Michigan won a Big Ten title. Coincidence?
It worked!!! Juwan won the B1G title!!!
If Michigan beats OSU we change our name to the cicadas. Before there's a kickoff everyone makes cicada sounds and then do that trailing off sound when the ball gets kicked.
I was living outside Chicago (SE of the city) in summer 2007 when a large brood hatched that year. In that vicinity there was virtually nothing, but driving over to some of the towns to the SW of the city... it was like hitting a wall of sound (as though the woods and countryside was full of people using string-trimmers, aka weed-whackers). And they were everywhere and on everything - one couldn't stand outside for more than a minute or so without having a few land on you.
Yeah, it's amazing how local the eruption are! Looks like you've got Brood XIII in the Chicagoland, N. Illinois in general, eastern Iowa, and S. Wisconsin areas. A few of those in S. Michigan too. Once I start hearing about eruptions in Indiana I may drive down to visit my brother and see them there. We may be too far north for them up here in Kalamazoo though.
https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/docs/CicadaBroodStaticMap.pdf
Not sure which is worse, Spring Game hype or cicada buzz.
Well one is real at least.
Cicada buzzing reminds me of the World Cup in South Africa.
Cicada emergence is a very rare and fascinating natural phenomenon. Easy to avoid the "buzz" if you're not interested.
Michigan's "spring game" OTOH, was awful. Pathetic.
I watched some of Maryland's Spring Game on BTN and it was very entertaining with real game atmosphere including a modest crowd, their marching band, cheerleaders, and --gasp-- tackling! They were hitting pretty hard.
Most cicadas are annual actually. I hear them every year in Korea.
Good eatin'
Tacos? Stir fry? What are your plans?
64 degrees, 8 inches deep.
Just how vampiresses like it.
Don't bug me.
Anxiously awaiting their emergence in DC. Was here last time they emerged and it was wild. In the meantime, I was in Greece for work a couple of summers ago and brought the family out to join me. We rented a one room cottage on a farm in Crete. The cicadas in the olive and lemon trees were insane. We couldn’t hear each other speak outside—it was like being on a tarmac when a jet engine is on. I had to take a work call outside one night (see above re: one room cottage) and a cat disturbed a bunch of cicadas in a tree and they proceeded to relentlessly dive bomb me. (They are harmless but really dumb.) I took cover in the back seat of our rental car, only to discover when the call was over that the child locks were on. I tried to climb over the front seats, but the car was too small (and I am too big) for that. Meanwhile, it was well over 90 degrees and I was starting to sweat figuratively and literally. Luckily, the car had crank windows, so I was able to roll them down and open the back door from the outside. Anyway, looking forward to Brood X.
https://blog.cretamaris.gr/2019/08/cicadas-the-shrill-sound-of-summer/
We get cicadas every year here in California. They're gross, loud, disruptive. Hoping they stay far away.