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Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878484
05/21/20 01:11 PM
05/21/20 01:11 PM
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Champaign County, Ohio.
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John Deere weed whackers will attract cicadas as I found out in 1976. If you rev the weed whackers near a tree the cicadas are on, with the string held high, they will fly into their doom enmasse and the guard prevents you from becoming juicy.

All the trees in your area will have almost all of their small branches pruned short by the cicadas cutting them to lay eggs in them.

I once saw a group of 60 bikers on I-70 driving along at around 5 miles an hour, covered in cicadas. They were likely greatly regretting their decisions to not wear helmets.

Keith

Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878516
05/21/20 02:18 PM
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We have a cicada killer hornets here about 3-4 times larger then a mud dabbler type but the same color.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878599
05/21/20 05:21 PM
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new york
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When they come out the noise will drive you crazy. The military should record the sound and use it to get info from terrorists!

Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878602
05/21/20 05:29 PM
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Scuba, they crawl out of the ground, shed their skin, hollar a couple weeks, mate, lay eggs and die, only damage is small dead branches on trees where they deposit their eggs. and they are gone for 17 years. they eat nothing after they emerge. so many of them flying and landing everywhere the bass fishing sux.
RR

Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878645
05/21/20 06:33 PM
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tie up a few cicada trout flies while you have the chance...once they emerge, you'll want to be on the cricks.

Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878648
05/21/20 06:43 PM
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Are these the same "locusts" that leave empty shells on all the trees and utility poles?
I'm still not convinced everyone is on the same page with locusts, cicadas, grasshoppers,......
I do know a "locust" in Nebraska will about take you off the seat of a motorcycle when you take one in the face at night.


Life ain't supposed to be easy.
Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878664
05/21/20 07:07 PM
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Tennessee
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Well I do know the African Locust .. we had them blow over at times in summer easterly storms on the Canary islands. Worst one I have seen was everything covered in those things about 2 inches deep . I left the motorcycle on its stand after day one.


Let's go Brandon

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Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878679
05/21/20 07:29 PM
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Lower Alabama (Daleville)
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Links to a few YouTube videos about cicadas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOnxKNIQHg

More available at- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Cicadas


Note to self- Engage brain before opening mouth (or hitting the ENTER key/SUBMIT button).

Ron Fry

Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: white marlin] #6878738
05/21/20 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by white marlin
tie up a few cicada trout flies while you have the chance...once they emerge, you'll want to be on the cricks.


I heard that!!


I don’t trap because I want to
I trap because I have to
Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: warrior] #6878751
05/21/20 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by warrior
There's also annual cicada species..


yep, find their skeletons on our tires/trees, etc, often where they've shed.


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Re: 17 year Cricket thing [Re: Scuba1] #6878753
05/21/20 09:27 PM
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We have them yearly South of you. And their noise is both calming and deafening. Generally means Summertime down here.

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