They're a-coming! - Page 6

Lamplighter · 06-06-2013, 01:31 PM

Yes, the photography throughout is remarkable.

I learned several things...

* triliums grow in more places than just Oregon !
... (here I thought PDX was so special )

* the eggs are laid up in the tree branches

* the cacophony lasts for just a couple of weeks
... ( in Iowa years ago I could not imagine living with it for very long )

BigV · 06-06-2013, 08:59 PM

thanks for the video fellas

Happy Monkey · 05-28-2017, 09:39 AM

Apparently a subset of 17-year cicadas come out 4 years early. Four more years 'til the big one, but even this small subset is making a lot of noise in my neighborhood.

glatt · 05-28-2017, 11:40 AM

Yeah. It's weird.

Lots of them here too. Is this normal? Or is the weird weather confusing them?

I saw an amazing nature show on PBS last night that had very good footage of the cicada life cycle. I always wondered what those tiny little worms the size of a sesame seed ate for 17 years while they were underground to grow into a full sized cicada. Apparently it's tree sap sucked from the roots of the trees they drop out of when they hatch.

Happy Monkey · 05-28-2017, 12:18 PM

Apparently four years early is the most common deviation from 17.

Happy Monkey · 05-28-2017, 12:21 PM

Low quality audio from my window in this video.

Gravdigr · 05-28-2017, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Low quality audio from my window in this video.

Is that bird real?

Gravdigr · 05-28-2017, 02:00 PM

We got nothing here in good ol' south central. Thankfully.

Happy Monkey · 05-28-2017, 06:20 PM

Yeah, it's just lazy.

glatt · 08-29-2020, 11:52 AM

They are coming back next year, aren't they?

We had to cut down two big trees in our back yard this summer because they were becoming a liability, there was so much rot at the top.

So with them out of the way, we are going to put a new fence up around our backyard, and want to plant a bunch of native plants and trees. Really fix up the back yard. Test the soil first and treat as needed, All that stuff. We're starting to think about it all and make initial plans.

But the cicadas will maybe kill any saplings we plant in the next 9 months, won't they?

Happy Monkey · 08-29-2020, 12:14 PM

Yup, they're back next spring.

If they'll be small enough, you could consider wrapping them in gauze or netting. They're big bugs, so you don't need especially fine netting.

glatt · 08-29-2020, 12:16 PM

Duh. Why didn't I think of that. That's a great idea!

lumberjim · 08-29-2020, 12:46 PM

The murder hornets will sort them out

monster · 08-29-2020, 09:34 PM

at the start of the last visitation, we were still relatively new to the US and went on a free community nature walk/smores thing with the sprogs (youngest a baby in a sling).

We learned about smores there. And cicadas -never even heard of them before. And we learned that some people don't think things through properly ....as they told all these young kids about groundhogs and groundhog day and then asked if they'd like to meet one...and brought out a very sad and very, very dead stuffed specimen.....

Then they told us all about how the evil developers were going to build a new high school on all of that land. The high school all the kids eventually went to

xoxoxoBruce · 08-30-2020, 11:04 PM

Is that firewood glatt?

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06-06-2013, 08:59 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	thanks for the video fellas __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-28-2017, 09:39 AM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Apparently a subset of 17-year cicadas come out 4 years early. Four more years 'til the big one, but even this small subset is making a lot of noise in my neighborhood. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-28-2017, 12:18 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Apparently four years early is the most common deviation from 17. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-28-2017, 12:21 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Low quality audio from my window in this video. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-06-2013, 01:31 PM	#1
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Yes, the photography throughout is remarkable. I learned several things... * triliums grow in more places than just Oregon ! ... (here I thought PDX was so special ) * the eggs are laid up in the tree branches * the cacophony lasts for just a couple of weeks ... ( in Iowa years ago I could not imagine living with it for very long )

05-28-2017, 11:40 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah. It's weird. Lots of them here too. Is this normal? Or is the weird weather confusing them? I saw an amazing nature show on PBS last night that had very good footage of the cicada life cycle. I always wondered what those tiny little worms the size of a sesame seed ate for 17 years while they were underground to grow into a full sized cicada. Apparently it's tree sap sucked from the roots of the trees they drop out of when they hatch.

05-28-2017, 02:00 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	We got nothing here in good ol' south central. Thankfully. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-28-2017, 06:20 PM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yeah, it's just lazy. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-29-2020, 11:52 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They are coming back next year, aren't they? We had to cut down two big trees in our back yard this summer because they were becoming a liability, there was so much rot at the top. So with them out of the way, we are going to put a new fence up around our backyard, and want to plant a bunch of native plants and trees. Really fix up the back yard. Test the soil first and treat as needed, All that stuff. We're starting to think about it all and make initial plans. But the cicadas will maybe kill any saplings we plant in the next 9 months, won't they?

08-29-2020, 12:14 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Yup, they're back next spring. If they'll be small enough, you could consider wrapping them in gauze or netting. They're big bugs, so you don't need especially fine netting. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-29-2020, 12:16 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Duh. Why didn't I think of that. That's a great idea!

08-29-2020, 12:46 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	The murder hornets will sort them out __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-29-2020, 09:34 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	at the start of the last visitation, we were still relatively new to the US and went on a free community nature walk/smores thing with the sprogs (youngest a baby in a sling). We learned about smores there. And cicadas -never even heard of them before. And we learned that some people don't think things through properly ....as they told all these young kids about groundhogs and groundhog day and then asked if they'd like to meet one...and brought out a very sad and very, very dead stuffed specimen..... Then they told us all about how the evil developers were going to build a new high school on all of that land. The high school all the kids eventually went to __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-30-2020, 11:04 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Is that firewood glatt? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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