It's Cicada Time! Have you seen or heard any yet?

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Sorry, but they look gross. I had no idea that they were that big either. I assumed they were very small but they look really large in that video. Yikes.

when you see one on its own -like one singing on a lamp post, they are actually quite pretty -and i hate bugs
i would love to see a cicada brooch if anyone has one ?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I saw this guy on my walk yesterday. Crazy looking eyes!
We have some on our trees but no huge masses, at least not yet anyway, and no loud noise yet.

the wings are beautiful

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I'm inserting jewelry into this thread.
This is a jewelry forum, after all.
Here is my antique sterling French cicada brooch from Provence.
Life sized, I think.

and here we have a brooch
my day is happy !

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

this is what our ones look like
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i think not being brown makes them less scary

Cicadas

The hot days and balmy nights of summer wouldn’t be the same without the chirruping of cicadas. It’s the males that make all that noise – they are often visible on lamp posts and tree trunks. But they have actually spent most of their lives in the dark, deep underground.

teara.govt.nz

OMG i just read we have 42 different species of them !

oddly no mention of playful kitty cats that want a tasty snack

Enemies​

In New Zealand, enemies of cicadas include tiny wasps that infest cicada eggs, predatory beetles that attack nymphs, and fungal diseases that destroy both nymphs and adults. As they migrate towards the surface, near-mature nymphs can become food for kiwi. Adult cicadas may be taken by birds or caught in spider webs.

 

[Lookinagain]

when you see one on its own -like one singing on a lamp post, they are actually quite pretty -and i hate bugs
i would love to see a cicada brooch if anyone has one ?

I'm happy just to look at the photos!

 

[Mreader]

This photo on IG cracked me up

 

[canuk-gal]

I'm happy just to look at the photos!

More like relieved!

 

[kenny]

This Haloween I expect cicada costumes will be all the rage.

 

[kenny]

Won't zillions of dead ones stink?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Won't zillions of dead ones stink?

ive never hard of that, so i guess not
they proabably dry out in the sun pretty quickly

 

[AprilBaby]

 

[AprilBaby]

 

[Dee*Jay]

Northern Illinois here... and I'm SO dreading this!!!

I've been in Chicago since 1988, so I've lived through a couple of these events, but always in the City Proper. Lots of concrete, little in the way of trees.

Considering hiding indoors until it's all over LOL.

 

[Karl_K]

Chickens love to eat em.
Haven't heard any here but not far away a friends chickens are going nuts eating them.
He wishes he had more chickens, free food to make them nice and plump.

 

[AprilBaby]

Northern Illinois here... and I'm SO dreading this!!!

I've been in Chicago since 1988, so I've lived through a couple of these events, but always in the City Proper. Lots of concrete, little in the way of trees.

Considering hiding indoors until it's all over LOL.

You know where I live, come see my zoo!I must have a couple thousand. Pick up Karl and Wifey and I will cook a few for you!

 

[Dee*Jay]

OMG... I'm so NOT looking forward to this! Some friends of ours live in the woods about thirty miles away and they have two cocker spaniel puppies. They say that the pups are having an absolute FIELD DAY! The puppies are so busy eating the bugs that they forget to do their business when they go outside. I can't even think about this... blech!

 

[pearlsngems]

None here yet in south central CT.

 

[canuk-gal]

OMG... I'm so NOT looking forward to this! Some friends of ours live in the woods about thirty miles away and they have two cocker spaniel puppies. They say that the pups are having an absolute FIELD DAY! The puppies are so busy eating the bugs that they forget to do their business when they go outside. I can't even think about this... blech!

YIKES! After eating all those bugs I shudder to think what their business looks like!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

OMG... I'm so NOT looking forward to this! Some friends of ours live in the woods about thirty miles away and they have two cocker spaniel puppies. They say that the pups are having an absolute FIELD DAY! The puppies are so busy eating the bugs that they forget to do their business when they go outside. I can't even think about this... blech!

our cat PuffBall tourments them before he snacks, perhaps they are high in protein

then he kisses me
im too polite to say no

 

[missy]

Still none here yet.
Where are you sweet Cicadas?
We eagerly await your arrival

Cicadas are environmentally friendly and do much for our planet