17 Year Brood Cicada?

[Justice League]

I have worked for orkin for about ten years. That is an annual. The 17 year is smaller and has reddish to orange eyes. We had a hatch of them two years ago I think and it was loud.

[alra195]

As other have already said this is the "annual", locally know as the "August" cicada. They are much bigger than the 13 and 17 year varieties.

Here's some source of info you might find interesting

http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fa...as/Periodical/

We just finished up the Brood XIV cycle down our way.

Check put the links for more cicada info than you ever wanted!

[AnW]

As Panfisha mentioned, you should see a cicada killer tangling with one. Their big and nasty looking (even more so than the cicadas themselves) but mostly harmless.

Last summer I kept finding dead cicadas on my patio then I finally saw the culprit in action. Once the cicada killer started digging the sand out from under the pavers I got rid of it. Amazing how much burrowing this thing did.

[rst]

In Central KY in June we had a hatch of the 17 locust.

The attached picture is one of 10's of thousands that we had to contend with. When they started to die, after their cycle was completed, I could literally sweep them into a pile and shovel them into a bucket. All that was left of the locust were their wings, head, and body casing, because the birds would eat what they considered the good part.

It got really interesting when you mowed the lawn. You were constantly being attacked by these creatures and lots of them at a time. At first I thought they hated the mower and was taking out revenge. After looking up the habits of this locust I wished they had been attacking me. It seems that the "mating call" of the locust is a humming noise, much like the mower. I still get the creeps thinking about that.

[Wild One]

[QUOTE=rst;245686] After looking up the habits of this locust I wished they had been attacking me. It seems that the "mating call" of the locust is a humming noise, much like the mower. I still get the creeps thinking about that.
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Now THAT is funny!