Here Come the Cicadas! (Five Points, McDonald: house, living, dinner)

[toot68]

Originally Posted by playnice

Not been hearing anything but I do notice a swarm of what I call small bees with capes and yellow eyes that meet each day on my deck rails?!?

Those would be carpenter bees. Kiss your rails goodbye.

[adlnc07]

Originally Posted by toot68

Those would be carpenter bees. Kiss your rails goodbye.

The squirrels are chewing on mine.

[nogard13]

Originally Posted by frankpc

DC area has the 17 year variety - IIRC they would run 1987, 2004, 2021, etc.

Frank

That's correct. I lived in DC in 2004 and remember them quite well.

[Alf_Rocks]

Originally Posted by nogard13

That's correct. I lived in DC in 2004 and remember them quite well.

Ditto!

And not fun to clean up at all!

[JQ Public]

I haven't seen any. All I hear are frogs at night!

[ZimaCheryl]

We have them in North Durham, although as others have said, the buzz/hum is actually almost like white noise to me. Makes me sleepy.

The yard is crawling with them. I just flick the shells into the yard & told hubby to put the lawn clippings in my compost bin. I have to imagine they will make good compost.

[dianeh]

The Town of Cary sent out an alert last week but I jus noticed the sounds of the Cicadas today- This is my first year around the Cicadas - totally does sound like a car alarm is on all day! Had one one my deck this morning & they are freaky looking bugs too! How long are they around for & how long do they make their sounds? & are they harmless?

[RVAtoCNC]

Originally Posted by dianeh

The Town of Cary sent out an alert last week but I jus noticed the sounds of the Cicadas today- This is my first year around the Cicadas - totally does sound like a car alarm is on all day! Had one one my deck this morning & they are freaky looking bugs too! How long are they around for & how long do they make their sounds? & are they harmless?

Only a couple weeks - they all come up at around the same time and they only live a week or two - I dont think they eat after they come up - sex....and die!!

btw - none here in Clayton

[sandycat]

These are actually the 13 year cicada brood. They come up from the ground every 13 years... very cool and very trippy. It sounds like a spaceship landed right here in Durham! My brother in CH, however, hasn't seen or heard them.

[sacredgrooves]

I have a couple thousand acres of woods behind me and it is a a real commotion out there! lol