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Post by Ravenchamp on Mar 18, 2016 11:14:29 GMT -5
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Post by Evil Yoda on Mar 18, 2016 13:28:17 GMT -5
I believe Brood X, which appeared in '04 and is due back in '21, is the one most people around here associate with these pests. You have to wrap young trees or the insects will destroy them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2016 0:17:09 GMT -5
If you think the cicadas will be a problem, just bulldoze your entire property to destroy the nymphs.  |
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Post by towsongirl on Mar 19, 2016 15:23:38 GMT -5
Correct, EY, the last year that "Brood X" emerged was '04. The true "17 year" cicadas. I remember this because we were at my mother's house, after she died, and were wrapping up the cleaning out process. Those cicadas were slopped all over the grass, hanging onto the bushes and twigs of the big old trees, squishing through my bare feet as I walked around the yard which suddenly seemed much smaller than I remembered as a child. They make a reall smelly mess, too, when they die and start rotting everywhere. I realized that I still have a couple of pill bottles that I saved a dried cicada shell in, and one actual dried critter. Don't know why I saved them but I did.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2016 19:44:06 GMT -5
I love the 17-year cicadas. I thought it was too soon when I saw the headline but I was hoping otherwise.  |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Mar 20, 2016 9:22:39 GMT -5
If you think the cicadas will be a problem, just bulldoze your entire property to destroy the nymphs. The builder already did that; my new house went in a few years back. Won't help, though, there's forests not far away. And those things emerge by the billions. |
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Post by bobloblaw on Mar 20, 2016 11:51:14 GMT -5
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Post by Olive on Mar 21, 2016 19:58:48 GMT -5
I believe Brood X, which appeared in '04 and is due back in '21, is the one most people around here associate with these pests. You have to wrap young trees or the insects will destroy them. 1987 2004 2021 I remember them well in 87. |
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Post by Ravenchamp on Mar 21, 2016 20:07:42 GMT -5
Soon, next few week the lil buggers will be so noisy
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Post by Cowboyz on Mar 23, 2016 10:40:39 GMT -5
I had one land in my hair last go round and I pulled out ninja moves I never knew I had!!
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Post by Evil Yoda on Mar 23, 2016 11:22:58 GMT -5
They're harmless to humans. They can't even bite us. They're mostly pests because they damage trees, sometimes seriously. Oaks are among their favorites.
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Post by Olive on Mar 23, 2016 15:45:22 GMT -5
They're harmless to humans. emergency rooms are busy due to people hitting others with umbrellas, bats and such. |
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Post by bobloblaw on Mar 23, 2016 17:24:10 GMT -5
Then you have that swarm of Cicadas down at the Savannah River Atomic Weapons Plant that decided to burrow into highly radioactive sediment. They had to chase the last batch around in specially equipped low flying helicopters.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Mar 24, 2016 13:24:11 GMT -5
Then you have that swarm of Cicadas down at the Savannah River Atomic Weapons Plant that decided to burrow into highly radioactive sediment. They had to chase the last batch around in specially equipped low flying helicopters. Weren't they the subject of that documentary, "THEM!"? Or was that ants?  |
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Post by bobloblaw on Mar 24, 2016 15:19:03 GMT -5
The atomic weapons plant at Hanford had radioactive Mud Dauber wasps.
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