Have you had cicadas where you are?

[mvd]

Poll question: Have you had cicadas where you are?

Cicadas have neen in certain parts of the Philly area (South Jersey, Chester County,) but I have seen none here. Fortunately, I am just a little too far north.

[WillParkinson]

1. I'm damned bummed, too!

I've always wanted to see one. We hear them in the trees every once in a while and I just wanted to see one.

[truthspeaker]

2. None here in Minnesota

and I didn't hear any when I was in Tennessee last week either.

[phatkatt]

4. I heard a few in Tennessee (mountains, not Manchester)

Do the 'roo?

[mvd]

8. My relatives in northern Kentucky have them

I know they are harmless, but they are loud and do pounce. I'd have a sense of humor about them, but I'm still glad I missed them. :-)

[Kid_A]

3. I'm getting sick of the little bastards...

Here in Indiana, they're all over the place. They were cool at first, but now they just piss me off.

Here's a pic of one:

See? They're hideous!!

[Trajan]

9. ARGH ! ....

Fuckin scary ....

[StClone]

10. You tore it's wings off!

But it's still making plenty of buzzing noises I hear.

[mvd]

12. Yep, a lot uglier and tons more harmful

And they last longer. I've had them for 3 1/2 years, and they won't go away until November. :-(

[hlthe2b]

5. Nope.... We only get our annual migration of Miller's Moths out west...

And while we find their dessicated carcasses in cars, windowsills, and cabinets for months thereafter, at least they aren't noisy (and aren't the kind of moths that eat clothing)

[phatkatt]

11. We get Japanese Beetles, quiet but destructive as hell.

They can reduce a bush to twigs in one afternoon. Hey, that sounds pretty good, actually!

[Commendatori]

6. A ton of them.

Less now, but a couple weeks ago people were wiping their feet to keep cicada corpse chunks off of the carpet.

[Trajan]

7. NONE in SW Missouri ....

My new home ....

Im pretty sure my OLD home in Southern California hasnt seen much of them either ....

[bif]

13. They haven't hit Michigan yet.

n/t

[Loonman]

14. Not until August or late July around here

Then you'll hear 'em.

[On the Road]

15. For All Those Who Long to See Cicadas, Just Wait --

A brood may be coming to your area in the next few years. Here's a list of the next emergence. (Brood X is this year's crop):

17-Year Broods

I
2012
VA, WV

II
2013
CT, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA

III
2014
IA, IL, MO

IV
2015
IA, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX

V
2016
MD, OH, PA, VA, WV

VI
2017
GA, NC, SC

VII
2018
NY

VIII
2019
OH, PA, WV

IX
2020
NC, VA, WV

X
2021
DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV

XIII
2007
IA, IL, IN, MI, WI

XIV
2008
KY, GA, IN, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV

13-Year Broods:
XIX
2011
AL, AR, GA, IN, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA

XXII
2014
LA, MS

XXIII
2015
AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, TN

For maps, go here:

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/Index.html#Magicicada%20broods

Map of this year's Brood X:

[mvd]

19. Thanks for the map

Although we were supposed to get them, but didn't.

[pagerbear]

16. Nope. Just cockroaches.

[Speck Tater]

17. Nope. Just banana slugs and mildew

The state mascot and the state flower, respectively.

[Flaxbee]

18. Yup! Though they're mostly gone now, and I'm sad

I love the little buggers... they were so neat! I actually picked a lot of them up (if they were alive) to get them out of the road, etc. They were all very low key. Occasionally a brrrrrrt! when you first picked one up, then it'd just hang out, and let you look into its beady red eyes.

Seriously, though, they were very cool, and I will miss them.