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GoldenRod
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Shawn
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Possible cicada swarms this year
The 17-year cycle cicadas are due this year, and they are forecasting that we may get some.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/17-year-cicadas-may-emerge-in-june-in-suffolk-experts-say-1.11706331
They are the 17-year cicadas — billions of insects, now underground and due to emerge en masse most likely starting next month.
The nymphs are expected mostly in limited areas of Ohio and West Virginia. But, experts say, there is also the potential in June for their arrival in a snippet of Suffolk County.
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chilltocam
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Possible cicada swarms this year
This is FREAKING.ME.OUT! I don't deal well with bugs in general and the cicadas are just nasty!
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| Posted 4/19/16 9:13 AM |
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BargainMama
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Possible cicada swarms this year
Didn't this just happen in recent years? It can't have been 17 years since the last one?
Message edited 4/19/2016 9:18:47 AM.
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| Posted 4/19/16 9:18 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
Yuck. They are so gross!!! 
ETA - Are these a different type of cicada bug because I remember cicadas every summer as a kid. They were so loud and they use to attach to our wooden fence until they "hatched" from their little shells.
Message edited 4/19/2016 9:25:07 AM.
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| Posted 4/19/16 9:23 AM |
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Pomegranate5
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
Posted by BargainMama
Didn't this just happen in recent years? It can't have been 17 years since the last one?
Yes! I just said this to DH a few days ago. I distinctly remember one being on his shoulder one time and I have not known him for 17 years so how the heck can be be getting another swarm already?!? 
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| Posted 4/19/16 9:27 AM |
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starlitdragon
Me and my love
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Possible cicada swarms this year
They said this was going to happen in 2013 and while it happened in other places, it didn't swarm here. I remember it being the summer between 6th and 7th grade for me, which is around the 17 year mark since the last huge swarm. The kids on the block and I used to pick them up and keep them on our clothes as pets. Lol. So they don't scare or bother me, but I have family members that may have small heart attacks if they blindly fly into them.
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| Posted 4/19/16 9:35 AM |
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hidingin1516
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Possible cicada swarms this year
i think we get them most years but these 17 year marks are for a lot more that come out.
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| Posted 4/19/16 9:40 AM |
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AngnShaun
Sisters
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
Posted by Pomegranate5
Posted by BargainMama
Didn't this just happen in recent years? It can't have been 17 years since the last one?
Yes! I just said this to DH a few days ago. I distinctly remember one being on his shoulder one time and I have not known him for 17 years so how the heck can be be getting another swarm already?!?
I remember that as a kid too, i dont ever recall a swarm though.
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| Posted 4/19/16 9:42 AM |
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ElizaRags35
My 2 Girls
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Possible cicada swarms this year
I read about this last night and then dreamed that they were everywhere and you couldn't walk without them flying into you.
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| Posted 4/19/16 10:29 AM |
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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
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Shawn
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
Different species of cicada have different dormant periods. There are 190 species and sub-species in the US. Some are annual, and some lie dormant for 2 to 17 years. It's the short period cicadas that most of us remember in recent history.
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| Posted 4/19/16 10:47 AM |
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BabySurprise
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Possible cicada swarms this year
I'm going to have to hibernate if this happens! Blech!!!
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| Posted 4/19/16 10:55 AM |
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MrsB12614
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Possible cicada swarms this year
Looks like I'll be enjoying my summer in doors- I absolutely HATE bugs
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| Posted 4/19/16 12:09 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
I don't mind them but they are just NOISY!
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| Posted 4/19/16 2:22 PM |
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PearlJamChick
No one sings like you anymore.
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
I love them! They're so cool and I adore the sounds they make.
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| Posted 4/19/16 2:24 PM |
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TheLorax
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
Posted by PearlJamChick
I love them! They're so cool and I adore the sounds they make.
Yes! I love their sound. Makes me think of Summers as a kid.
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| Posted 4/19/16 3:21 PM |
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jellybelly79
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Possible cicada swarms this year
I LOVE the sound!!!!!!!
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Xelindrya
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
Posted by TheLorax
Posted by PearlJamChick
I love them! They're so cool and I adore the sounds they make.
Yes! I love their sound. Makes me think of Summers as a kid.
ditto.
I don't get why people hate them so. Their life cycle is so amazing. I'd take them over mosquitos any day any swarm any summer!
I can't WAIT !!! I used to love looking at their shells and wondering how life would be underground for so long. The detail on them is awesome.
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| Posted 4/20/16 10:41 AM |
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BabyHopes2
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
I feel like I hear this story every year!
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| Posted 4/20/16 12:34 PM |
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Re: Possible cicada swarms this year
Posted by PearlJamChick
I love them! They're so cool and I adore the sounds they make.
Me too!!!
Plus I think they look like little frogs!
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