Dept of Agriculture Brood X Periodical Cicadas Hit PEAK 2021 Emergence

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Press Release: Maryland Dept. of Agriculture

Brood X periodical cicadas are hitting PEAK emergence in many parts of Maryland. This means millions of fully-grown winged adults are flying and blundering into things (and us), “singing” as loud as they can, and starting to mate. What’s that loud buzzing you hear? It’s the sound of male cicadas earnestly belting out their love songs! Read the Rest...

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[NextJen]

I know I'm going to jinx myself, but I have not seen a one either in Owings or Port Tobacco.

 

[stgislander]

Was up in Western MD over the weekend. The mountain behind my mom's house sounded something from an old sci-fi movie. My nephew measured the frequency of the "chirping" multiple times. Each time it centered up on 5993 Hz.

 

[stgislander]

Interesting. The cicadas were out in force this morning in East Tall Timbers. I had thought I had been hearing one here and there before. No mistaking it this morning.

 

[UglyBear]

Interesting. The cicadas were out in force this morning in East Tall Timbers. I had thought I had been hearing one here and there before. No mistaking it this morning.

If you find a dead cicada on the ground, note its color.
It seems that “Brood X”, the 17-year brood, had orange color “trim”.
The normal ones, that come out regularly, have green “trim”. I just found one next to my house, and it was green. We did not get a single orange one, while PG was covered in them a month ago.

 

[Grumpy]

 

[Sneakers]

If you find a dead cicada on the ground, note its color.
It seems that “Brood X”, the 17-year brood, had orange color “trim”.
The normal ones, that come out regularly, have green “trim”. I just found one next to my house, and it was green. We did not get a single orange one, while PG was covered in them a month ago.

Do they have the red LED headlights?

 

[RoseRed]

If you find a dead cicada on the ground, note its color.
It seems that “Brood X”, the 17-year brood, had orange color “trim”.
The normal ones, that come out regularly, have green “trim”. I just found one next to my house, and it was green. We did not get a single orange one, while PG was covered in them a month ago.

2013

 

[stgislander]

If you find a dead cicada on the ground, note its color.
It seems that “Brood X”, the 17-year brood, had orange color “trim”.
The normal ones, that come out regularly, have green “trim”. I just found one next to my house, and it was green. We did not get a single orange one, while PG was covered in them a month ago.

Saw a dead one in the driveway yesterday. It had green "trim".

 

[stgislander]

Holy crap. There's a Cicada sitting on our patio table. It's going to be pretty lonely if it's the only one.

Is there another brood hatching this year?

 

[gemma_rae]

Holy crap. There's a Cicada sitting on our patio table. It's going to be pretty lonely if it's the only one.

Is there another brood hatching this year?

Put a Corona out there. Maybe SMC turned @Gilligan into a cicada!?

 

[Gilligan]

Maybe SMC turned @Gilligan into a cicada!?

He did!

I got better though.

 

[gemma_rae]

He did!

I got better though.

Thank goodness, it would be hard opening the corona bottle with them little legs.

So you say SMC is a he???

Psst, Do you think STG can tell the difference between a cicada and a locust?

 

[Gilligan]

Thank goodness, it would be hard opening the corona bottle with them little legs.

So you say SMC is a he???

Well..it's hard to tell, actually....

 

[Grumpy]

So you say SMC is a he???

Psst, Do you think STG can tell the difference between a cicada and a locust?

Well..it's hard to tell, actually....

 

[Gilligan]

Psst, Do you think STG can tell the difference between a cicada and a locust?

I avoid challenging him with questions like that. Never know what's gonna trigger him...

 

[gemma_rae]

I avoid challenging him with questions like that. Never know what's gonna trigger him...

That's how I feel about Clammy79