We do! I know we get cicadas every few years but I can not recall ever having them like we have them this year. Apparently this is the 17 year variety, meaning they have been living underground for 17 years and now have surfaced into the adult cicadas that we are currently witnessing.
Everyone seems to be talking about them. How could you not? They are everywhere. Look out the windows and they are all over flying around in the air, on the windows, in the trees. Walk across the lawn and you will notice them lying all over the grass and drive. Today I cut the grass and trimmed. They were all over me.
They fly pretty slowly and are very big, like a big moth. They will land right on you. Today I heard a clicking really close to me while trimming and felt a little vibration between my shoulders. To my unpleasant surprise, a cicada had found its way into my shirt and was sitting on my back between my shoulder blades. Ugghh.
Did I mention how loud they are? One guy states he measured their call at 90 decibals, more than an airplane fying overhead. I went out on the deck this afternoon and my ears were nearly ringing when I came back inside. Seriously, they're LOUD!
If you are out of town or aren't sure what they sound like, here is a link to a site that has audio and video of the cicadas. This sound goes on ALLLLLL DAAAAYYYY and is as loud as it seems. http://www.cicadamania.com/video/
Here's a picture I found of a cicada posted on Flickr by "Fleur-de-louis" who is in Kentucky.
Here is an article in the Courier-Journal about them. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080531/NEWS01/805310509/1008
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