Noisy Cicadas Have Arrived
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
July 13, 2021 12:01pm CST
Was hoping we would not get any visits from the noisy Cicadas this year. Oh well. They have arrived.
Walked outside early this morning and could not stand the noise. It was a high pitch buzzing sound all over the yard.
This sound is the male cicada mating call, of course. Soon after mating, they will die. The eggs left behind by the female will burrow into the ground.
Heard on the news to expect them this year. These are from what is called Brood-X and last emerged in 2004. So, they are back, 17 years later. We will get another brood in 2024, called Brood XIX, 13 year emergence.
Nature has much to offer. Mostly good. And these are not too bad. The birds enjoy them for lunch and dinner.
Photo is mine. Snapped this one on my backyard tulip poplar tree.
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17 responses
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
13 Jul 21
Awesome you have all of our bugs now wonder we didn’t have them any more.
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
13 Jul 21
@CarolDM we didn’t mind them till they hit you when flying.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Jul 21
@ShyBear88 The noise is hard to take.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
14 Jul 21
after 5 weeks of our infestation, I offer condolences and noise cancelling headsets!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
14 Jul 21
@DocAndersen So happy to hear that.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
14 Jul 21
@CarolDM i am finally over my headache!
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
14 Jul 21
First time to see the insect causing all that noise. We also have that in our place especially those wooded places we can hear them doing their noise. I can tolerate them as long as they are not too many. But when they are just too noisy it can be irritating to the ears.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
14 Jul 21
Great capture. This time of year is a bounty for the birds. Always a positive to the negatives.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
15 Jul 21
@CarolDM I haven't heard any around us.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
13 Jul 21
Friend has them in his area...but they are not going to hit here..Thankfully, I remember them when I lived in NOVA.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Jul 21
Hope the noise doesn't last long.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
13 Jul 21
I love listening to those..have not heard them in a long time here.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jul 21
I actually like the noise they make but I have not heard them yet over here, I go out a bit at night and stand on my porch so perhaps they will begin their song soon,
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
14 Jul 21
There are different types of cicada. The annual ones are not as noisy and I don't mind those either. They remind of me my childhood. But these 13 and 17 year cicadas that emerge are crazy. People have lost their hearing to the hight pitched noise. They come in droves.
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@prashu228 (37518)
• India
14 Jul 21
Oh wow.. thanks for sharing about Cicadas .yes nature is best
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@psanasangma (7910)
• India
14 Jul 21
I feel at home and at the same time get irritation
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Jul 21
They have pretty much gone from around here now
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