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Remember that old black and white classic movie called 'THEM?' About the invasion of the giant ants and the sound they made before they came after the people? Well...that's what these cicada's sound like.
My husband on the other hand, thinks they sound like the Aliens in the original 1953 movie War of the Worlds.
My daughter teaches 4th grade in a rural little school in our county. She said they were at recess the other day, and she had a clipboard and pen, abd coffee in her hands. She said one landed on her shirt and she screamed and threw everything in the air. The kids came running to make sure she was alright. Even one little girl reached up and put each hand on each of her shoulders, and looked her in the eye and said “you’re gonna be ok, it’s just a cicada bug.” My daughter said well my kids are having to comfort the teacher from cicadas. 🥴
Now that's funny.
Went to church today, and it’s a country church. I tell you the cicadas were so loud I couldn’t hear my friend talking to me going across the parking lot. When we came out, there was a dead one next to the car. Reckon it was all sung out.
That's funny. My Sunday School teacher was talking about the cicadas in her yard and how loud they were. She said then all of a sudden they stopped at one time. She said she'd never remembered them doing that before.
You vill eat ze cicada bugz
Reckon I would just have to croak. Only way that creature would go in my mouth is if it was force fed. Then I would probably croak.
I don’t think cicadas are singing yet here in NC. I love to hear them. I’ve been wondering about the current cicada invasion. I hear them rear round, ringing ears.
Give them time.
Oh yeah in about a month they will be loud!
We already can't hardly hear when we're out there. But yes, they are really loud.
I’m surprised they’re not out here in , Arizona, but I think it’s closer to summer when they come out. And when they do come out… They are loud super loud 💤💤💤
Right now they are about to reach a crescendo here in Kentucky.