the real Emergence Day coming soon
This weekend while removing some rocks from my yard I found a couple cicada nymphs that looked exactly like this:
This means emergence day is coming soon for Brood XIII.
For those who aren't from the eastern half of the U.S., there is a species of cicada (commonly called "locusts") that lives underground for about 13 or 17 years, digging tunnels and doing who knows what until they choose to come up for air, molt, and breed.
I remember seventeen years ago in 1990 - the amount of cicadas flying around the Chicago suburbs was insane. Totally insane. You couldn't walk anywhere without crunching these. Apparently, they've done the math, and we can expect 1.5 million cicadas per wooded acre.
I can't wait for the invasion on May 23rd.
Comments
I've heard that if you toss a grenade into the emergence holes that they'll close up faster.
Posted by: Eric Lunt | May 14, 2007 03:20 PM
well yes, that is how you take care of "the locust"!
Posted by: steve | May 15, 2007 08:50 AM
It's the Berserkers I'm most concerned with.
Posted by: matt shobe | May 15, 2007 09:21 AM
guess i better find that Hammer of Dawn, pronto!
Posted by: steve | May 15, 2007 10:54 AM