Scientists even have a horror-movie name for the infestation: Brood II. But as ominous as that sounds, the insects are harmless. They won't hurt you or other animals. At worst, they might damage a few saplings or young shrubs. Mostly they will blanket certain pockets of the region, though lots of people won't ever see them.
"It's not like these hordes of cicadas suck blood or zombify people," says May Berenbaum, a University of Illinois entomologist.
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Let's re-route them to Ireton & o'taxie. Make a joyful noise!!!
Oh NO not again! I remember when my friend was invaded in Silver Spring, MD and it wasn't long before they found us on the shore!!! That must have been at least 10 years ago...
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That was 2004. It was the year my nephew graduated and we went to Columbia for his graduation. They were all over the place. Someone told me they don't like the sandy soil here so that is why they are not quite as bad. When I talked to family on the phone I could actually hear them and they were loud.
Can they be steered toward DC?
Great fishbait
Get out the batter and frying pans! I hear they taste great!
If you can put the fish hook through them and not kill them they will buzz while in the water.Fish love that buzzing sound.
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