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Dadizar
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Brood X of the 17 Year Cicada will be here soon.

Do you have these visitors in your area? I think they are worth the wait, but you sure don't want to find one of these in your soup!



I would be interested in tracking their arrival.
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28-Apr-2021 16:01:41 - Last edited on 28-Apr-2021 16:02:44 by Dadizar

Joel
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I was chatting with a friend about this last Friday actually since I saw swarms of midges along the side of the highway on Lake Ontario, so many that you could see swirls of them from 100ft away and then we got onto this subject of the 17 year cycle of Cicada's :P

It'll be interesting to follow this and see what areas are impacted. Not sure if Southern Ontario will be but New York State is mentioned so maybe, and I've definitely heard them around here :)
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28-Apr-2021 16:12:16

Megycal
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I'd never heard of them, we don't have them in the UK. I'm glad we don't because I'm not keen on insects, I don't even like butterflies landing on me. Those cicadas are rather large and I'd freak out if one came near me. :( *shudders*

28-Apr-2021 19:18:29

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On a warm summer evening, my backyard is full of them. I love listening to them. It's funny the way they will all be "singing" then suddenly stop...dead stop. The quiet is deafening. A minute later, they all start up at the same time. The singing of the Cicadas is compared in loudness to a lawn mower.

I found this wonderful documentary about the life cycle of the Cicadas. You have to scroll down a bit to see the video.

https://earthsky.org/earth/17-year-cicadas-broodx-2021
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29-Apr-2021 10:28:09

Dadizar
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They will be here soon. I have found some fascinating pictures of cicada i will share over the cicada season.

Here is an adult cicada emerging from the larva.

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01-May-2021 10:08:50

Sakurai
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Dadizar said :
They will be here soon. I have found some fascinating pictures of cicada i will share over the cicada season.

Here is an adult cicada emerging from the larva.



Very interesting picture. Thanks for sharing.
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