Cicadas in eastern PA

[catsrule]

I came back from Hawaii, and they are all over the place here. It's a plague. They are kinda handsome, in there own way.

 

[kpgclark]

Hey I'd hate to see what your significant other looks like!

 

[catsrule]

Originally posted by kpgclark
Hey I'd hate to see what your significant other looks like!

 

[KelNottAt]

We have them all over the place here in Maryland.

Maybe you haven't seen any yet cuz the area you live in was developed in the past 17 years? Young trees, or maybe hardly any at all? Any eggs underground since the last emergence would have been destroyed.

Or, maybe your underground temp hasn't reached 64F yet. (Although I find that hard to believe this late in the spring.)

In any event, don't complain. They were interesting for about 3 or 4 days, now they're just a freak show. They have absolutely no navigation skills when they fly so it's quite common to have them hit you from any direction. And don't get me started going on what the kids do with them. YUCK!

If we're lucky our critters will be back in hibernation by the time we return from Hilton Head later this month. Please, please.

Kelley

 

[kpgclark]

Our house is about 40 years old and we do see cicadas every year. Perhaps the soil just isn't warm enough yet.

 

[jipsy]

Cicadaville

 

[MICKEY88]

Originally posted by kpgclark
Our house is about 40 years old and we do see cicadas every year. Perhaps the soil just isn't warm enough yet.

???????????

I've never heard of them coming out yearly..are you sure they are cicadas

 

[Michelina]

No sign of them in Wrightsville!

 

[kpgclark]

They absolutely come every year but the brood size varies. They live under ground for 17 years but a different brood comes out every year.

 

[MICKEY88]

Originally posted by kpgclark
They absolutely come every year but the brood size varies. They live under ground for 17 years but a different brood comes out every year.

you must have the annual cicada species...


All but a few cicada species have multiple-year life cycles, most commonly 2-8 years (de Boer and Duffels 1996). In most species, adults can be found every year because the population is not developmentally synchronized; these are often called "annual" cicada species. In contrast, the cicadas in a periodical cicada population are synchronized, so that almost all of them mature into adults in the same year. The fact that periodical cicadas remain locked together in time is made even more amazing by their extremely long life-cycles of 13 or 17 years.

cicada facts

 

[kpgclark]

I heard my first cicada last night. I guess they come late here in eastern PA.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Good for you! I've heard on the news that the babies will be hatching out soon, and falling to the ground.

 

[Saffron]

Hey! I heard my first in my backyard this morning! But I don't think they're the 17 year cicadas, just the run of the mill, once a year cicadas.

 

[phillybeth]

We never had the 17 year ones here in Philly, and my development is over 40 years old, with a large wooded area less than a block away. I think they stopped in Delaware or Chester Counties.
I did hear my first cricket last night!

 

[always quiet]

I live in the Langhorne area and we have had the cicadas singing for a couple weeks now! I didn't see the swarm in May or June but they seem to be singing a lot earlier than usual! No crickets yet though.

 

[kpgclark]

I hate, hate, hate crickets. They always seem to find their way into my mailbox. Yuk! In the late summer/early fall I always get the kids to get the mail!