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I read this morning that the 17 year cicadas are due this spring - they called it Brood ll. They mentioned up to 1 billion per square mile could be coming up out of the ground one the ground temperature reaches 64 degrees. This is our first spring here and coming from the midwest we have never experienced this. Can anyone on the board who was around in 1996 when this last occurred provice any insight on what this was like?
Google turned up this brood map Brood II - next emergence 2013 not sure how reliable/accurate it would be. I have lived in Raleigh 26 years and don't recall seeing any large number of them around that time... I was always more worried about the bigger ones that come around every year.
Hmm I don't really remember there being a cicada invasion and I was here in 1996. Now I DO remember being in Cincinnati the last time they had a cicada invasion and it was CRAZY. The ground literally crunched when you walked in it and it was a guarantee you'd have at least one of the buggers stuck in your hair/clothes as soon as you stepped outside.
I remember when it happened in Virginia. They were all over everywhere, but it's a short season. It's a little gross but not too annoying.
I was in Virginia that summer too--working for a pest control company! Like CamillaJane said they were everywhere and it was kind of a pain to go on walks but it didn't last long.
There's a big difference in the places that they hit on the east coast. Literally, the next town a few miles away can be totally unaffected. I'm assuming that they aren't active in the triangle since the locals don't remember them. Back in 1996, we lived in Essex County in northern NJ and according to the map, the whole state should have been inundated, but we didn't get them. My parents in Baltimore, MD always get them. I remember them bringing us some souvenirs for my husband to use as fishing bait, lol.
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