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Topic: CICADAS 2004/ THEIR HERE...RRRRRRRR!
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uncle buck
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posted May 19, 2004 07:43 PM
This is the year of “The Great Eastern Brood”!!!! Brood 10, the largest and most widespread of the periodic cicada emergence! Sometimes referred to erroneously as the 17-year locust, brood 10 spreads across at least 13 states. Over the next few weeks the wooded areas you frequently visit in search of tasty edibles will be swarming with this interesting insect. There are six species of the periodic cicada, three with a 17 year cycle and five with a 13 year cycle. Brood 10 in Pennsylvania consists mostly of the 17 year species. If you check the ground in wooded areas you should see little mud piles, these spots are where the nymphs emerge from the ground to proceed up trunks and limbs to molt. Once molted and dried the winged adults can be up to 2 inches long. They fly during the day and become quite boisterous at night. Do not fear the periodic cicada for they don’t bite, sting or even kill trees as rumor has it. What may appear to be serious damage to trees is caused by the females boring into the tender twig ends of trees and shrubs to lay their eggs. This activity may kill off some leaves and twig ends but will not kill the tree. If you have small ornamentals you can cover them with mesh cloth to prevent the females from laying eggs on them. After about 5 weeks the brood will be gone for another 17 years. The periodic cicada is unique to Eastern North America so take advantage of this opportunity to appreciate a true wonder of nature.
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Rich Higgins
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posted May 19, 2004 09:02 PM
Uncle Buck, we have cicadas in Az. also. They are so noisy at night that it's hard to sleep. They've so infested the Verde River area that you can hear them miles before you arrive.
However, they are about two inches long and easy to spot through the scope of my .22 caliber bolt-action repeating Crossman and a tree full of them is almost as entertaining as a town full of prairie dogs. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Jack Roberts
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posted May 19, 2004 10:48 PM
Almost every year there is some cicada coming out. This is the biggest hatching.
Still nothing compared to the gypsy moths.
There are so many bugs and insects on the east coast most people never notice a major outbreak except on the news channel.
Jack
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Leonard
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posted May 20, 2004 07:26 AM
Jack,
Seems like you had a locust invasion last year, in Elko? I dislike all grasshoppers, go out of my way to destroy one, although I won't kill a cricket.
Don't forget killer bees and fire ants. Life is such an adventure!
Rich Higgins.
Sure wish I was riding shotgun on your approaching visit with Scott and Cal. You could probably charge admission!
Good hunting. LB
edit: did anyone notice that the math (in Uncle Buck's report) didn't seem to add up? Not important. I've never seen one, we don't have them here. I'm surprised they occur in AZ?
[ May 20, 2004, 07:33 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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Jack Roberts
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posted May 20, 2004 05:10 PM
Leonard
We had a bad mormon cricket invasion here last year. They were thick enough to cause traffic accidents from the slick roads. Luckily they were on the south side of the river and I am on the north side.
It looks like they will be bad this year too. They have already started aerial spraying. By the time they started spraying last year it was too late.
Jack
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Terry Hunter
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posted May 22, 2004 11:41 AM
17 years ago we had the worse infestation of the Cicadas that anyone can remember.The experts said this year would be as bad.To date not a single Cicada has been found in my area.
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Leonard
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posted May 22, 2004 12:17 PM
Like experts everywhere, their guesses are as good as yours or mine. LB
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