Cicadas
Where you live, do you get
these, cicadas?
We are expecting a swarm in
the next week or so.
These coming out are the
17 year cicadas.
These are called Brood XIV.
The last time they were here
were in May 2004.
They spent most of their
lives as underground
nymphs. When they emerge they
have one thing to do..
MATE.
After mating the female cuts slits
in the bark of a twig where she deposits
her eggs. When the eggs hatch, the
nymphs drop to the ground and
burrow at depths of
8 feet. In 17 years the cycle
happens again.
The mating call of the cicadas is
LOUD!
So loud you could not hear
yourself THINK.
Not only do we do this every
17 years.....haha, we have
the Brood
XXlll
that visit us every 13 years.
Those were here in 2011,
ten years ago.
Three more and we will
do this again.
(my pic)
BUT....
if that is not enough, we
have what I call the late
comers. The ones that venture
out every year. Not many, you
don't hear these but you do
find their shells laying around,
hanging on trees, plants and etc.
Dakota never did. Chey, not
sure, will have to wait and see.
They are not bad for the dogs
unless they eat tons of them.
Interesting will be the cats on
the deck esp if they are crawling
on the outside.
I think the ones coming soon are
the orange eyed ones. The
other would be the 13 yr ones.
Note~ there are somewhere around
3000 different types of cicadas.
Thank goodness we don't get
them all at one time!
Pam
Comments
Enjoy the noise.
Have a fabulous day and weekend, Pam. Scritches to the furbabes. ♥
Here in the UK it is Asian hornets that many are keeping a close eye out for as they could decimate the UK's native bee population.
All the best Jan