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Why do they spray for cicadas? they don't like the noise?

• ianhawes 5y ago
  Aside from that the sheer number of cicadas is astonishing.
  • Black101 5y ago
    I used to have a lot of them where I lived and I never noticed a problem... They are very loud but I would not kill them for it... They were mostly living in oak trees
    • ianhawes 5y ago
      Yes, they were loud for roughly 4-6 weeks. They all died off prior to the end of June.
• adamcstephens 5y ago
  Cicadas can be harmful to trees from the egg laying. I’ve even heard of extreme cases where a young tree doesn’t survive. https://wtop.com/local/2021/06/the-cicadas-might-be-gone-but-the-damage-to-your-trees-isnt-should-you-be-worried/ https://wtop.com/local/2021/06/the-cicadas-might-be-gone-but...
• xook 5y ago
  Cicadas can, in large groups, be damaging to one's hearing[0]. [0] https://wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/local/cicadas-emerging-all-over-where-is-the-noise/65-ae8517a3-da44-4147-8853-9f85dd540d74 https://wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/local/cicadas-emerging...
  • eganist 5y ago
    While this is literally true (anecdotally, during the peak of it in early June, I registered 106db standing still in a suburban neighborhood just outside the beltway near a large tree playing host to quite a few of them), I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that it's not the noise that drove people to gas the bugs. More likely in my mind: 1. protecting young trees 2. a perceived need to protect brush/flowers/etc. 3. mitigating the landshrimp "ick" factor (i.e. "it's big, gross, and lands on my shirt for no reason").