They're Back

[Leoniepiove]

Doesn't seem that long ago since the last visit. But thinking back my son was 5 years old the last go round so the timing is correct. 17 years. I guess I can cut back on the dog food for a while. Plenty of protein for the pets

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[LarsonTaL]

Oh boy, ours must not be up yet, I was just in the woods. Their roar is just about maddening.

[xwusafmestalxff]

Enlighten us non-residents will ya?

[ScottNow]

Cicada's are loud annoying little bugs.

[Animasharen]

The sound you hear is from thousands of them all clicking in what seems to be a throbbing undulating roar. There is a constant rain of their poop coming down through the leaves audibly as well. You do have to raise your voice quite a bit to be understood. It's the stuff of biblical plague stories. They do nip back the new tips of the trees and you see some die but for their numbers they don't really seem to do much long term damage. I was thinking the last one was around '02 but I'm not really sure, I was scouring the woods that summer for log cabin repair parts and old chimneys.