Remote Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 (edited) Well there literally a couple billion in my development woods. These things are so loud. Its almost deafening(sp?). If you dont know what they are, they are in the US, mainly east coast (especially Maryland) where I live. These things come around once every 17 years from May till late June. Basically they hatch, have lots of sex, lay eggs and die, 17 years later it repeats. Worst part is they are blind and will jump all over you. They are nasty too. But they sometimes make me feel sexy cause I know when they do jump on me, they are humpin me. http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/july/papr/du_cicada.html These things havent hit the peak of the noise, it will only get worse mid july. There are just TRILLIONS upon TRILLIONS of these things every where I go. Anyone else experiencing this? Edited May 25, 2004 by Remote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remote Posted May 25, 2004 Author Share Posted May 25, 2004 Here are clips of the noise they make http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/mi...ds/deculawf.WAV http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/mi...s/cassiniwf.WAV http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/mi...nds/decimwf.WAV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XST1 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 My golf professional recently told me about those, but i havent gotten them yet. I live in connecticut and I was told we get them badly here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soviet Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Aye friggin loud. But harmless as grass. Go out in the woods and step on em. Be happy it's once every 17 years. deathening - Deafening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegel Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Basically they hatch, have lots of sex, lay eggs and die. ok everything sounded great until the dying part .....and the 17 years of waiting but besides that (especially "have lots of sex") was great :woot: :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankyone Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 each 17 years!! can't be annoying :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted May 25, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 25, 2004 (edited) But they sometimes make me feel sexy cause I know when they do jump on me, they are humpin me. :x lol. i am glad we dont have them here. once in 17 years? interesting, so everything will be cover by their bodys soon? or will they be eaten straight away? Edited May 25, 2004 by sputnik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 My golf professional recently told me about those, but i havent gotten them yet. I live in connecticut and I was told we get them badly here. YES. I live in CT too. I'm told they're very loud.... but I haven't lived here for 17 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 But they sometimes make me feel sexy cause I know when they do jump on me, they are humpin me. :rofl: sorry thats just funny :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0sh Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I've heard about these, but none here in Cali :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegel Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I've heard about these, but none here in Cali :D its frikkin california of course not but it would be funny if all of those "surgery enhanced" individuals started freaking out cuz of it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2cube Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 seen em, heard em, they're fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPMCommander Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 There's two varieties, at least here... There's the 13 year variety and the 17 year variety. I think we had the 13 year variety one 4 years ago... I was like 11 at the time, but I remember those ****ers... We don't get them here in clarksville, but in nashville (40 minutes away), where I have my violin lesson every week, they have them like crap (at least they did last time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 the last wav sound clip sounds like a woman screaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuantumTrickery Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I also live in Connecticut. We shouldn't be seeing them until 2013, as they were last seen in masses in 1996. There is a breed of the cicadas though that pop up once a year around august though, but nothing like the 17 year variety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 My Nokia 3510 has a polyphonic ringtone called Cicada, and it's not annoying compared to real insects. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1kstanc3 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 man i live near washington d.c. and these things are disgusting. they are everywhere and their dead bodies are all over my new car. basturds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_00 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 i have not seen one, and i live in north eastern maryland...supposively my area is supposed to have billions or trillions around here and should be out now but I have yet to see or even hear one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black.ops Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 West coast! w00t! Those things gotta be real bitches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted May 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 25, 2004 I'm happy I am 20 floors up. Though on occasion a seagull flies into one of my glass doors :pinch: I just pick em up and toss over the railing (damn tourists get what they deserve). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_00 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I'm happy I am 20 floors up.Though on occasion a seagull flies into one of my glass doors :pinch: I just pick em up and toss over the railing (damn tourists get what they deserve). wrong thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted May 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 25, 2004 wrong thread? no smart guy. I don't have to worry about insects, but seagulls annoy me. that alright, me sharin that..with you? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I saw a few of the 1yr type while on a post-prom camping trip to Alleghany state park, in NY. They're no biggie. They just make too much damn noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted May 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 25, 2004 Are June Bugs and Cicadas the same thing? They're both kind of big and kind of... buggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushnak Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Yeah, we have the little mongrels here in Australia. I haven't heard/seen of them in a long time. Why do they come back on the 17 yr ratio? How was that worked out. I played those WAV's, and one just sounds bloody annoying, imagine what a billion would sound like. Final comment; It sucks to be you! :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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