Great timing! this is essentially how they function, they don't really have mouths or anything to use to defend itself. They basically mate and die. They are a great food source for many animals. Because of this they typically go dormant for a prime number of years (3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, etc.) that way two swarms are less likely to popup at the same time. They just produce lots of babies in hopes that some survive. Pretty cool. I wonder if this is just a single swarm or multiple that happened to fall on the same year.
Im up in the area pede, come to find out this is the 17 year batch. No lie, it is biblical and the being the 17 year cycle leads me to believe the plan is coming along nicey
This is brood X. They pop up every 17 years and are the biggest one time population of cicadas we get. It’s pretty cool to watch the process happen, but not fun walking outside and not being able hear anything but them screaming. At least they have a normal sleep cycle....
Just for the record, cicadas are NOT the same thing as locusts. Locusts will decimate plants and crops. Cicadas are just looking for a good time before they die.
Great timing! this is essentially how they function, they don't really have mouths or anything to use to defend itself. They basically mate and die. They are a great food source for many animals. Because of this they typically go dormant for a prime number of years (3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, etc.) that way two swarms are less likely to popup at the same time. They just produce lots of babies in hopes that some survive. Pretty cool. I wonder if this is just a single swarm or multiple that happened to fall on the same year.
Im up in the area pede, come to find out this is the 17 year batch. No lie, it is biblical and the being the 17 year cycle leads me to believe the plan is coming along nicey
That is awesome lol
This is brood X. They pop up every 17 years and are the biggest one time population of cicadas we get. It’s pretty cool to watch the process happen, but not fun walking outside and not being able hear anything but them screaming. At least they have a normal sleep cycle....
Just for the record, cicadas are NOT the same thing as locusts. Locusts will decimate plants and crops. Cicadas are just looking for a good time before they die.