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What an interesting phenomenon to experience. I was a kid during the 2004 surge and it was incredibly striking. Literally everywhere you looked outside, the gro
by silicon2401 6y ago
What an interesting phenomenon to experience. I was a kid during the 2004 surge and it was incredibly striking. Literally everywhere you looked outside, the ground was covered with dead cicadas, and it was even difficult to just walk outdoors without a cicada flying into you or landing on you. If you haven't seen a cicada, imagine an insect about the size of a man's thumb, with wings about as long.
As a kid it was novel, if gross, With people cooped up inside these days, I feel like it'll be less of an issue.
- echelon 6y ago> If you haven't seen a cicada, imagine an insect about the size of a man's thumb, with wings about as long. The whole thumb. And that's just the length. They're bigger than large cockroaches. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/06/00/9b0600f601c8bfada3783db34de5cf93.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/06/00/9b0600f601c8bfada378... > With people cooped up inside these days, I feel like it'll be less of an issue. It'll sound nice. They produce an incredibly calming, "summer" sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7ylgj2JlQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7ylgj2JlQ
- quercusa 6y agoAnd they are hunted by huge Cicada-Killer Wasps which sting them and fly off with them to bury them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus
- echelon 6y agoVery cool. I don't think we have these in Georgia, but it looks like these are widespread. Evolutionary niches are awesome.