Cicada nightmares

[~Jackie~ 30]

The 17 year cicada has taken over the Chicago area. I mean it is bad! They are soooooooo noisy and flying everywhere! I go to a customer's house and they are all over the sidewalk, dive-bombing my car. The trees are full of them.

I have a question, are they all over or just the midwest? Do you have them?

Jackie

[LaL 418]

nope - no cicada's here! we DID just have our bi-annual lovebug infestation though.

[m&n 0]

none in jersey

[^KK^ 3]

I remember when they were in the dc area. I guess they just pick a new city every year.

[derekkj 0]

None here in DC quite yet, but they should be out in a bit. Fortunately it's just a regular year for us.

Our big year was a couple of years ago when Derek and I started dating. I don't think they have them up in Canada because he was sorta freaked out by them. Made a real impression on him though because for some reason he started calling me Cicada as a nickname and every once in awhile he still does. Dunno what that's all about.

ETA: I kinda like them. They do get really noisy, but for me it's one of those sounds that remind me of summers when I was a kid.

Edited June 16, 2007 by derekkj

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

nope, nothing in central jerz

[Tinker 0]

I never knew what they were until I met my SO.

They have them down in AR, UGHHHHHH and I thought crickets were bad

[GaryC 7]

We are overrun with them here in Peoria! The woods behind our house is alive with them! The kittens love to play with them though.

[Aymerlu 3]

I hate em, I hate em I hate em!!!! They haven't been too bad here in Missouri yet, but I'm waiting. They freak me out!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I remember the year they were all over Middle TN. They're creepy but it's just a few short weeks and it'll be all over.

[Mags 112]

Nothing here yet in Indiana...

[natty bumppo 297]

The 17 year cicada has taken over the Chicago area. I mean it is bad! They are soooooooo noisy and flying everywhere! I go to a customer's house and they are all over the sidewalk, dive-bombing my car. The trees are full of them.

I have a question, are they all over or just the midwest? Do you have them?

Jackie

yumm ... dip them in chocolate ...

they might be a little crunchy but the chocolate should help them slide on down

[Zee Bee 61]

Haven't seen them here in Philly yet.

[Mary Lou 681]

None here in my town, but 20 min northwest of me has them.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Actually, they do exist in Canada. One of my cats used to love catching them then bringing them INSIDE to chase around the house! I would wake up to hear this angry chrr-chkkk as it tried to escape. We have them here in Georgia as well although I haven't seen/heard them yet. I know they are around when the cicada killers show up - these are humungous hornet like looking black and yellow flying wasps. They are up to 2 inches long and look like they would sting like crazy - except they don't! The males don't have stingers and the females have a stinger that they use to paralyze cicadas then then carry them back to their ground nest (one wasp per nest - not a social wasp) and lay their egg on the cicada. The cicada then 'feed's the larva until the full grown cicada killer erupts from the ground the following June. They do dive bomb you if you get too close to where they have their nests but they are actually beneficial insects so I look forward to seeing them each year. This is what they look like:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...ficial%26sa%3DG