Cicadas invasion
I just saw this article about the Cicada Invasion. They are expected to be out in force next month and a half. As many as 1.5 million per acre. 'We are trying to plan a trip for June till July ...
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When was it 2011, we had five different hatches(not the right word) including the 17 year.
For over a month maybe two,it was loud everywhere. The first hatches were loud enough but then they all overlapped.
I am not exaggerating one bit. We could not hear traffic or conversation outside. The train was a half mile a way. We could not her the trains.
I could not hear the riding lawn mower. I wear hearing protectin but I can still hear the mower real well.
All Spring and before there were swarms of birds not usually seen. They were building nests everywhere. The mailbox didn't get closed and it had a nest the next day, removed it and the mail box wasn't closed and there was another one building.
They built nest in the grills, of the truck an the car. The Paper Delivery Guy said he had to empty every box to put papers in, every day.
There were hordes of young Squirrels, and rabbits.
They knew the hatches were coming.
I saw on one occasion Robins stuffed with so many bugs they couldn't fly. One had one in his mouth and he was so stuffed if he had swallowed it he would have burst. The Resident Squirrels were fat a butterballs. the deer were stuffing themselves on them too as were Racoon and opossums and foxes, as I heard.
neighbors cattle were feasting on them too. Woods surround everyone here.
Of course it was the talk on the media and everyone had recipes and just swore they were good eating.
While some hatches ended, still had to mow and after the yall ended mowing was real chore. All those huge trees the Cicadas deposited their eggs at the unctions of leaf clusters. The yards and field including ours was ankl
e deep in leaves or more.
Our Neighbor had a big lawn much and vac towed by conventional riding mower.
If it hadn't been for him we may have never go the yard cleaned up.
All, of you northeast, of us a bout 300 miles are in for a time. Turn you radios up and learn to talk real loud.
For over a month maybe two,it was loud everywhere. The first hatches were loud enough but then they all overlapped.
I am not exaggerating one bit. We could not hear traffic or conversation outside. The train was a half mile a way. We could not her the trains.
I could not hear the riding lawn mower. I wear hearing protectin but I can still hear the mower real well.
All Spring and before there were swarms of birds not usually seen. They were building nests everywhere. The mailbox didn't get closed and it had a nest the next day, removed it and the mail box wasn't closed and there was another one building.
They built nest in the grills, of the truck an the car. The Paper Delivery Guy said he had to empty every box to put papers in, every day.
There were hordes of young Squirrels, and rabbits.
They knew the hatches were coming.
I saw on one occasion Robins stuffed with so many bugs they couldn't fly. One had one in his mouth and he was so stuffed if he had swallowed it he would have burst. The Resident Squirrels were fat a butterballs. the deer were stuffing themselves on them too as were Racoon and opossums and foxes, as I heard.
neighbors cattle were feasting on them too. Woods surround everyone here.
Of course it was the talk on the media and everyone had recipes and just swore they were good eating.
While some hatches ended, still had to mow and after the yall ended mowing was real chore. All those huge trees the Cicadas deposited their eggs at the unctions of leaf clusters. The yards and field including ours was ankl
e deep in leaves or more.
Our Neighbor had a big lawn much and vac towed by conventional riding mower.
If it hadn't been for him we may have never go the yard cleaned up.
All, of you northeast, of us a bout 300 miles are in for a time. Turn you radios up and learn to talk real loud.
