• cicada invasion!

    From super70s@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 8 05:06:39 2024
    I've been seeing several of the 17-year (I guess) variety lying
    prostrate on the ground the past few days, either dead or half-dead.
    Must be a continuous gourmet dinner for robins and other insect-eating
    birds.

    Then the 14-year variety are due in June and the "regular" annual ones
    emerge in July I think.

    Haven't noticed any shrill noise yet but I'm sure it will happen soon enough.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 8 18:24:17 2024
    On 5/8/2024 6:06 AM, super70s wrote:
    I've been seeing several of the 17-year (I guess) variety lying
    prostrate on the ground the past few days, either dead or half-dead.
    Must be a continuous gourmet dinner for robins and other insect-eating
    birds.

    Then the 14-year variety are due in June and the "regular" annual ones
    emerge in July I think.

    Haven't noticed any shrill noise yet but I'm sure it will happen soon
    enough.

    I'm not sure we get cicadas around here. I haven't actually heard a lot
    of noisy insects lately. I hope your birds get plenty of gourmet meals
    out of those creatures!

    Jill

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