3 thoughts on “What the 17-year cicada sounds like”
They lay their eggs by piercing the bark of twigs and branches of the trees. The twigs will often break off. 6 to 10 weeks later they drop to the ground.
They are pretty harmless. They are attracted to the sound of chainsaws–my brother found that out when he was a tree trimmer.
The 17-year cicada (that is my picture next to my name) is one of many broods of cicadas; there are annual ones, as well as 5- and I think 13-year ones as well.
By the way, the 17-year cicadas are coming this year to the east coast; they will come out in the eastern Midwest in a couple of years, then here in the western Midwest they will come out in about 3 years.
And yes, the 17-year cicadas are the loudest of the broods.
I was working in Princeton, NJ the last time they hatched. It was deafening! And you couldn’t walk down the street without crushing them under your feet! What a mess!
They lay their eggs by piercing the bark of twigs and branches of the trees. The twigs will often break off. 6 to 10 weeks later they drop to the ground.
They are pretty harmless. They are attracted to the sound of chainsaws–my brother found that out when he was a tree trimmer.
The 17-year cicada (that is my picture next to my name) is one of many broods of cicadas; there are annual ones, as well as 5- and I think 13-year ones as well.
By the way, the 17-year cicadas are coming this year to the east coast; they will come out in the eastern Midwest in a couple of years, then here in the western Midwest they will come out in about 3 years.
And yes, the 17-year cicadas are the loudest of the broods.
And when they are not making that make-your-ears-bleed sounds, they sing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU7XvM_rbHc
I was working in Princeton, NJ the last time they hatched. It was deafening! And you couldn’t walk down the street without crushing them under your feet! What a mess!