Say hello to Mr/Mrs Cicada

[Cush]

Went outside to do some planting and saw this guy/girl fly right into one the cabinets we have on our deck.

[Eurobabe]

1. Eeeeeeeeeeeeewwww!

Ironic how this coincides with election year? Bu$h has released the plague of locusts on us!

[ceile]

2. Wow!

I know it's close to summer when these buggers start their singing. I find it very soothing!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. you don't hear these suckers singing every summer these are the 17 year

cicades...it will be one hell of a noisy summer...won't even be able to hear the birds chirping over these buggers...thank God it is only every 17 years

[Bog Frog]

6. I hope you find it soothing this year . . .

1.5 million of 'em per acre. Yikes.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. Tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

- my impression of the cicada sound.

[WillParkinson]

4. If you took this picture...

You did an incredible job! He looks amazing.

[Bog Frog]

7. yeah, that is a helluva picture

well done.

I'm not heartened to hear that they will fly toward humans. :scared:

[Cush]

9. thanks

:) I used my digicam, a Nikon Coolpix 4500. Since he was in a shady spot, I probably should have gone with 1/60 second. I think I used 1/125 second.

[CatWoman]

12. So this is what you do when you are not

being the Catwoman Thread Police.

:hi:

[Bog Frog]

8. Cush, how far south are you?

They haven't begun for us yet in Southern Maryland. Wondering how much time we have.

[Cush]

10. Northern Virginia

The is my first sighting for this go-around (I was 10 the last time they came, so I do remember them). Although while planting stuff yesterday, I did see plenty of holes and even dug up some shells and other larvae that hadn't hatched yet (I was nice and put them back under the ground, lol)

[Bog Frog]

16. you're a good soul

I'll have to make a backyard foray when I get home tonight . . . yeeee-ikes. I want to see them but don't want them to fly on me.

[Cush]

11. Here's a shot from the side

[On the Road]

13. Ahhhhh -- They'll Be Across the River in Maryland Tomorrow

I've been bracing myself for weeks. Will avoid outdoor activities for the next month and a half.

[BurtWorm]

14. That is an unusually good looking insect.

I don't care what anyone says.

PS: Nice photo, by the way!

[Canuckistanian]

15. How big are these things?

I don't think I've even seen one. Do they come up into the northern states and Canada?
We get cicadas, but not like these.

[Cush]

17. Their bofies are about 1 - 1 1/2 inches long

add the wings and you get about another 0.35 0.45 inches (?)

maybe half an inch wide (?)

[Canuckistanian]

18. Oh, OK

Your picture makes it look huge. Nice macro shot.

[cosmicdot]

19. these critters dig out of the ground every 17 years

is that wild or what?



http://www.cicadamania.org/gallery.html

[MallRat]

20. AAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHH!!!!

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!

:7

-MR