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'Brood-X' Cicadas set to re-emerge in Eastern U.S. this spring after 17 years

Xterrian

Xterrian

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Apr 20, 2018
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Make some noise for your new friends ERA.

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They usually appear starting in May, so you still have a few months to bake them welcoming cookies.

Are you excited east coast era? At least if you're holed up at home for any sort of reason you have the calming, melodic sounds of nature's best underground musicians to relax to.

Cicadump me and this buggy thread into the ground if old.
 
Nepenthe

Nepenthe

When the music hits, you feel no pain.
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Oct 25, 2017
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Can't wait to just be living my life then hear one of these assholes start revving up.
 
No Depth

No Depth

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Oct 27, 2017
18,264
Best stay indoors fam

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RexNovis

RexNovis

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Oct 25, 2017
4,152
Oh man I remember the last time this happened. The entire porch of our house was covered in these fuckers. Uggh
 
SteveWinwood

SteveWinwood

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Oct 25, 2017
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USA USA USA
TheMadTitan

TheMadTitan

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Oct 27, 2017
27,208
These shits and the dragonflies that come through Vegas every so often are annoying as shit.

Everyone on the eastern US needs to keep their car windows up while they pass through, and don't lollygag getting in and out of the car or you'll find these bastards cooked and dead in your backseat.
 
mbpm

mbpm

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Oct 25, 2017
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Collect these cicadas to sell for people looking for the X generation of them years later
 
MrHedin

MrHedin

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Dec 7, 2018
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The last time was my last summer at college. The sidewalks were completely covered and on campus itself the limestone buildings just amplified the sound. Was cool at first but got old very quickly.
 
CatAssTrophy

CatAssTrophy

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Dec 4, 2017
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Cicada news always reminds me of how so many people incorrectly refer to them as "locusts".

That EEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEERRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee....... noise from the trees in the summer are CICADAS people.
 
Commedieu

Commedieu

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Nov 11, 2017
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does anyone know how good they taste? I've always been curious. Theres so fucking many of them.
 
Argos7

Argos7

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Nov 20, 2020
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I don't get the whole every 17 years thing. Is that just this type of cicada? Because every summer there are cicadas screeching at dusk.
 
mute

mute

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Oct 25, 2017
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I miss the sound from when I was younger. Haven't heard it in a long time.
 
blame space

blame space

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Oct 25, 2017
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if this shit only spawns every 17 years what the hell am i hearing every other summer? goddamn blood moons
 
Drain You

Drain You

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Im 30 years old and live on the east coast and honestly can't remember any year being particularly worse. Will be excited if their are more this year though. I love hearing them and my wife wouldn't mind finding one to preserve.
 
MetatronM

MetatronM

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Oct 25, 2017
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Argos7 said:
I don't get the whole every 17 years thing. Is that just this type of cicada? Because every summer there are cicadas screeching at dusk.
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Different broods have different cycles, usually 13 or 17 years, so it's a different group of cicadas coming up each year. This brood happens to be the largest of the bunch and covers the most states in the eastern US.

I remember the hype around this brood specifically from last time because I was going to Japan for the summer that year and wasn't actually around to see it happen.
 
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