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they're actually so peaceful to listen to. when i used to go on walks in the summer when i lived in Japan it was so atmospheric and peaceful. 

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New Jersey was supposed to get a huge cicada invasion in 2013. Didn't see many but I was able to capture one hanging out on one of my fig trees. The local paper, The Bergen Record printed it summer 2013.  

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SarahTannoIsHere
42 minutes ago, Economy said:

They come out only every 17 years :duck:

No they come out every year but it’s a differentiating cycle, so yeah 17 years but where I live I still get them every year 

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16 minutes ago, TOSK said:

New Jersey was supposed to get a huge cicada invasion in 2013. Didn't see many but I was able to capture one hanging out on one of my fig trees. The local paper, The Bergen Record printed it summer 2013.  

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Do you guys not get them every year ??

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No, not that I know, we get some but never an invasion, not yet.

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Nemo
3 minutes ago, SarahTannoIsHere said:

Do you guys not get them every year ??

There are annuals as well as the massive broods. I live in Brood X territory, so the main wave is supposed to hit next year.

I've only experienced it once (lived elsewhere before). It's way more than two weeks. In fact, two weeks in, after all the hype, I was like "Is that all?". But then it kept building, and building.

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BillieGOAT

Ugh they were so bad here (Northeast USA) back in 2016 :messga: 

There were THOUSANDS of them, I could hardly get out of my car to pump gas for the first few weeks of their tirade :sick: 

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Nemo
55 minutes ago, Maleficent said:

ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew kill it. kill it with fire 

1. They're totally harmless.

2. Kill all you want; they'll make more. That's the point of the "brood" strategy: predator satiation. I kid you not.

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HermioneT

I never knew this - thanks!

52 minutes ago, LaLa said:

Same! I love hearing them in the late summer, such a nostalgic sound

This! We don't have them, but the sound reminds me of summer nights on vacations in the south. It's the sound of nostalgia for me. 

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Reginald

I remember these vividly from 17 years ago :ladyhaha: I live in Virginia, and am anticipating a pretty noisy summer. 

*shudder* just stay out of my house lmao 

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Nemo
7 minutes ago, BillieGOAT said:

There were THOUSANDS of them

Try billions. Maybe trillions? I can't even find an estimate, beyond this insane number: "1.5 million per acre".

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NCgaga

I'm from North Carolina, and we have them every summer. They scream for a few months, and then its over, no big deal. 

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