Now that it’s spring, there’s an animal ready to come up out of the ground … and it’s not a groundhog. It’s the cicada. Or rather, it’s thousands of cicadas.Cicadas are food for many creatures including, deer, squirrel, dogs, cats, and yes, people.
Yes, 17 years has gone by that fast! It seems like just two years ago I was crunching the giant dead bugs under my feet when I walked.
As reported in USA Today, the cicadas are set for a major emergence all along the East Coast. The next few weeks will see the bugs coming up in the Carolinas, and as the temperature increases, so will the presence of cicadas everywhere up the Atlantic coastline.
Even New York City should see a lot of the insects. They have been seen in the Bronx in previous years, and this year, a bumper crop might lead them to be seen all over the city. The cicadas emerge primarily to mate, and they have about four weeks to do so before they die.
No wonder they’re heading to the city. Everyone knows that’s where all the single ladies go when they want to meet and get busy.
Cicadas are harmless bug, but they look scary. At least, they do to me. And they sound scary, too. Especially when they buzz right in your ear and you feel them clumsily bump into your cheek or get kind of caught in your hair. Then you shake your head and wave your hands around, and then scream, and then maybe you even run around in a zig zag pattern waving and yelping until you’re sure the poor bug has left you.(Pam Lobley)
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/will-this-bug-you-the-cicadas-are-coming-back
Yes, 17 years has gone by that fast! It seems like just two years ago I was crunching the giant dead bugs under my feet when I walked.
As reported in USA Today, the cicadas are set for a major emergence all along the East Coast. The next few weeks will see the bugs coming up in the Carolinas, and as the temperature increases, so will the presence of cicadas everywhere up the Atlantic coastline.
Even New York City should see a lot of the insects. They have been seen in the Bronx in previous years, and this year, a bumper crop might lead them to be seen all over the city. The cicadas emerge primarily to mate, and they have about four weeks to do so before they die.
No wonder they’re heading to the city. Everyone knows that’s where all the single ladies go when they want to meet and get busy.
Cicadas are harmless bug, but they look scary. At least, they do to me. And they sound scary, too. Especially when they buzz right in your ear and you feel them clumsily bump into your cheek or get kind of caught in your hair. Then you shake your head and wave your hands around, and then scream, and then maybe you even run around in a zig zag pattern waving and yelping until you’re sure the poor bug has left you.(Pam Lobley)
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/will-this-bug-you-the-cicadas-are-coming-back
