OMG There are no words for how loud these Cicadas are. Like miserable to sit outside loud
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i stopped by a buddy's backyard for a little bbq and it was deafening. maybe it's just here. it's awful
Experts tell FOX 2 we can expect as many as 1.5 million cicadas in a brood per acre.
The web says since they don't reach their peak until you've heard them for a couple weeks, then about three weeks, total din is about five to six weeks with the heaviest noise about a three week span.
I lived in Nashville last time these seventeen year buggers were out (but it wasn't TWO different types or broods at once, which I guess is occurring where they overlap on the northern edge of their range, wow) , I remember a couple weeks of peak din.
But don't worry, they say at their peak in the densest areas they can only hit 100 decibels... , rock concert levels only.
I lived in Nashville last time these seventeen year buggers were out (but it wasn't TWO different types or broods at once, which I guess is occurring where they overlap on the northern edge of their range, wow) , I remember a couple weeks of peak din.
But don't worry, they say at their peak in the densest areas they can only hit 100 decibels... , rock concert levels only.
Did you eat bbq? If not, you went to a cookout.
Recently divorced buddy of mine. Friend since high school. Small group of us swing by on his bbq invite. Bbq bitch. All he had were brats and buns. No chips. No potato salad. No brisket ribs steaks. Nothin. Just brats 🤣🤣
That adjustment ain’t easy
Honestly, he is doing great. I sometimes dream of living in a studio apartment with just a TV and mattress and a bottle of hot sauce, beer, and soy sauce packets in the mini fridge. No freezer.
Switch studio apartment for Cabin out west and that’s how my pop lives
So what don't you want?
Huh
You either don't want the corn on the cob or you don't want the green beans so what don't you want?
F*cking classic!
Nothing here in Ohio yet. Sitting on my deck at twilight drinking 14 year old scotch. Nothing but owls and the frogs chirping.
Last major cicada batch (what? About 6 years ago?) I was at a cub scout camp with my son up in the Hocking Hills area. They were freaking deafening. They would also just drop down and land on your head. Actually started carrying an extra shirt with me that I could twirl around while I was walking to keep them away.
Last major cicada batch (what? About 6 years ago?) I was at a cub scout camp with my son up in the Hocking Hills area. They were freaking deafening. They would also just drop down and land on your head. Actually started carrying an extra shirt with me that I could twirl around while I was walking to keep them away.
Ha know hocking hills well. That’s what we have here now. Super loud and gross
Have not heard one or saw one yet.. I'm perplexed.
I remember working a lawn mowing job, the summer between high school and College... OMG I had to wear a hazmat suit to weedeat.
I remember working a lawn mowing job, the summer between high school and College... OMG I had to wear a hazmat suit to weedeat.
The coolest thing about the cicadas are the big ass cicada killer wasps. Those things are badass.
We're getting them. Dead cicada shells and bodies everywhere in my neighborhood. Not that loud though, weirdly.
Talked to a friend's father-in-law tonight. Grew up in Montana and went to Montana State in the 50s. Grew up in some valley that at its widest is only 10 miles wide and has mountains on each side. Guess Yellowstone is shot there. That's where I'm moving. Said his nephew now has 50 acres and his house is built right next to the river. Fishes all summer.
Where's your dad at?
About half the year here and half the year somewhere near Leadville
Big ass wasp that lives in the ground and hunts cicadas for a living. They'll freak you out, but won't sting you unless you step on them.
Sphecius speciosus - Wikipedia
Is there anything the Dream Team doesn’t know. Is there anything the Dream Team can’t handle.Big ass wasp that lives in the ground and hunts cicadas for a living. They'll freak you out, but won't sting you unless you step on them.
Sphecius speciosus - Wikipedia
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Thanks. We saw the biggest wasp I’ve ever seen on my porch a couple nights ago and now I know whyBig ass wasp that lives in the ground and hunts cicadas for a living. They'll freak you out, but won't sting you unless you step on them.
Sphecius speciosus - Wikipedia
If there’s anything that we don’t know, or aren’t already using for war time attacks. It’s simply inconsequential information.
Example, the end of a bullwhip can travel up to 900 km/sec.
If we use that info to our advantage, I can neither confirm nor deny.
Apparently not all broods emerge the same year
https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-47/E-47.html
Not many in Indiana this year apparently.
https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-47/E-47.html
Not many in Indiana this year apparently.
I used to mow a cemetary as part of a lancscaping gig back in the 90's summers during college. Terrible.
We had to weedeat around every headstone. First summer all i did was weedeat. After that i rode the sulky, which was 1000x better.
Murt, you don't strike me as the outdoors type...well, you could be this outdoors type
Let’s get this shit straight. A BBQ is delicious smoked meats cooked low and slow in an actual smoker.
You went to a cookout, and it sounds like a shitty one to boot. Turning on the propane grill is not in any world a BBQ.
You went to a cookout, and it sounds like a shitty one to boot. Turning on the propane grill is not in any world a BBQ.
Son, I’m smoking a mess of chicken thighs on a Tuesday because that’s how I do things.
Had a cicada end up in my coffee cup this morning while out walking the dog. They're everywhere now.
Be careful. Where there’s cicadas there’s those prehistoric wasps
Ditch the coffee cup. Not a great look
I flicked it out and drank the coffee. I'm sure I have some fungal infection now.
As for the coffee cup look, au contraire.
Chicken breasts are the whitest thing on earth. Just awful.
If you met a couple of my friends, that sentence you wrote wouldn't have been written.
If deep fried, acceptable. If not deep fried, psycopathy.
