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tree root sap sucking bugs

Charlie Knighton

Charlie Knighton

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The bugs belong to the largest group, or brood, of periodical cicadas—insects that spend most of their lives as nymphs, burrowed underground and sucking sap from tree roots. They emerge once every 17 years, transform into adults, do the business of reproduction, and then die.

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1st saw them this morning

have ya seen them
 

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Haven't seen those but out west we get Morman Crickets. Periodically, they swarm in such numbers that squashed bugs on roads cause ice like conditions. My understanding is this year is a swarm year.

Since they are generally south of SW Idaho, I probably wont see any.
 
Yes. Northern Virginia (Arlington). Would have been 1958 (back-figured from 2009). Very noisy to drive over. Nothing of consequence here, yet. Nor 1992, IIRC; nor 1975, wherever I was then.

Joe
 
Noisey little creatures...

Charlie, you have to love the cicada, spending almost two decades under ground then emerging for a short lived life. We get them every year here about August, (NY) One day I went to a friends house and he had a tree in his backyard that had over a dozen larvae skeletons (like your first pic) so I pulled them off the tree and had my buddy stick them all over the back of my T-Shirt. Then I went back to the BBQ stood by the grill and waited for the screams. The girls almost fainted. It was great. Love those little bastards!
 
John Neugebauer said:
Charlie, you have to love the cicada, spending almost two decades under ground then emerging for a short lived life. We get them every year here about August, (NY) One day I went to a friends house and he had a tree in his backyard that had over a dozen larvae skeletons (like your first pic) so I pulled them off the tree and had my buddy stick them all over the back of my T-Shirt. Then I went back to the BBQ stood by the grill and waited for the screams. The girls almost fainted. It was great. Love those little bastards!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That must have been great!! 😀
 
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