Red Mosquito

Ruddo came to town and had to admit that he would call the police.

Still no sign of this in NEIL, the supposed epicenter.

Man these things are everywhere

B wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Just saw a story on the news that people are calling police to complain about cicada noise. JFC. Hurry comet.

I thought this was funny when you posted it, and now when I step outside I wonder if the Earth is under attack by aliens.

This morning it got loud enough to be heard inside my house with the doors and windows closed.

Wowza

B wrote:Sounds like everyone in the next town over are using their weed whackers at the same time.

Great description. It’s just this background feedback noise that is constant. Very prevalent today. I’m just hoping all the holes in the ground aerate the soil and all these little shells work as some sort of nice fertilizer. We should at least get something out of all this.

Birds have stopped eating at my feeders. Too many fat, buzzing yum yums.

I think this may be ending soon. There is an ungodly number of dead cicadas on my driveway.

Same re: the driveway, but they’re louder than ever over the last couple of days

I hear they're edible..report back

doug rr wrote:I hear they're edible..report back

You have to get them right after they crack out of their shell. Now they're too tough and chewy to be any good.

Dogs still like 'em.

I for one welcome our cicada overlords

i still hear and see none

96583UP wrote:i still hear and see none

You're in NYC right

96583UP wrote:i still hear and see none

this is like Y2K all over again.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

96583UP wrote:i still hear and see none

You're in NYC right

i’m gay, dawg

so the latest thing to come about from the cicadas is an influx of mite bites. evidently microscopic mites feed on cicada eggs that are in trees. those mites bite people, and the bites itch like a mother and last for about 10 days. if you're outside near trees, chances are you're gonna get bit, which i have. we're not gonna see the end of this for another month or so. lovely.

Chris_H_2 wrote:so the latest thing to come about from the cicadas is an influx of mite bites. evidently microscopic mites feed on cicada eggs that are in trees. those mites bite people, and the bites itch like a mother and last for about 10 days. if you're outside near trees, chances are you're gonna get bit, which i have. we're not gonna see the end of this for another month or so. lovely.

We've actually experienced this. Not fun.

Chris_H_2 wrote:so the latest thing to come about from the cicadas is an influx of mite bites. evidently microscopic mites feed on cicada eggs that are in trees. those mites bite people, and the bites itch like a mother and last for about 10 days. if you're outside near trees, chances are you're gonna get bit, which i have. we're not gonna see the end of this for another month or so. lovely.

sue em. start a class action


we are dealing with lantern flies. not as bad as they were last year. on the building at work it looked like the scene of the zombies running and forming a zombie wall up the city wall. disgusting. they use a shop vac and would go out every 2 hours and suck up about 5-10 loads of them

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:so the latest thing to come about from the cicadas is an influx of mite bites. evidently microscopic mites feed on cicada eggs that are in trees. those mites bite people, and the bites itch like a mother and last for about 10 days. if you're outside near trees, chances are you're gonna get bit, which i have. we're not gonna see the end of this for another month or so. lovely.

We've actually experienced this. Not fun.

I wonder if the same holds true for fleas. We’re being bombarded and the fleas just laugh at me when I treat the yard.