More Good News!

[JimGinPA]

First a plague...

https://www.ecowatch.com/brood-x-cicadas-emerging-2650069126.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Trillions of Brood X Cicadas to Emerge in 15 States This Spring

Brood X, the largest and most widespread colony of cicadas in the U.S., is due to emerge from their 17-year hibernation, Michigan State University entomologist Gary Parsons explained. The bugs typically emerge as early as mid-May, and the sound of their mating can reach 100 decibels, Newsweek reported. And there will be lots of them.

"Densities can be as great as 1.5 million per acre. So, between Georgia and New York there will surely be trillions emerging," emeritus professor of entomology at the University of Maryland and Entomological Society of America fellow Michael J. Raupp told Newsweek.

The cicadas are due to emerge in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, DC for the first time since 2004. They will begin to emerge once the ground hits 64 degrees Fahrenheit, usually between mid-May and late June. They will be above ground mating and laying eggs for about five to six weeks, CBS News reported. Then the nymphs will dig into the ground to suck tree roots for another 17 years, Parsons explained.

The brood's large numbers and long hibernation period is part of an evolutionary strategy millions of years old.

~more at link

[secondwind]

1. Lived through that one time, windshield splattered with these creatures etc

Yuck

[DonaldsRump]

2. I was in one of these awhile back

Simply incredible. They were EVERYWHERE, and I truly do mean everywhere. And then they were gone...