Who's in the path of Brood X?

Me ... I live near Tysons Corner in NoVA. I hate cicadas, or at least the Brood X invasion. My granddaughter had a blast collecting them back in 2004 ... somehow I don't think she'll be collecting them this year, lol!

 

They live here in my town. However, they are more concentrated up near one of the rivers that runs through the city. You can hear the noise increase as you drive into that area. Sounds like a bunch of aliens.

 

Evidently they are in my area of Ohio this year as well. Map I found says Brood X will be found in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and eastern Tennessee.

Cicada Brood X map 2021: When and where billions of the bugs will emerge - Vox

 

I guess so . . . ? I'm down in Fredericksburg. Or maybe not the same brood. I remember getting some around a decade ago, not 2004.

 

Ours are not until more years, no offense but I hate them.

 

We had Brood IX last year. Here at the house it wasn't as bad as it was 17 years ago, I think because we cut down a lot of trees in that time. But we sure heard them on our hikes and my cats liked bringing them to the front door.

 

So I looked and we are NOT getting Brood X. According to the map that was posted we have the 13 year variety and have until 2024 before they show up. That said -- we have lots of regular cicadas that are loud, especially when joined by the crickets and ?? It is not quiet in the south.

From an August night in my backyard.

 

Well, that should count me out- but we'll see!

@BevG Sounds like a miniature wood shop!! Since the Pee Dee is so stinkin' swampy, add several bull frogs and you have MY backyard serenade!

 

Well I have a video of that too, but the pond is about 1/4 mile up the street so we only hear the froggy things when we are near it.

 

It looks like they are very close to me, but not quite in my area. I'm in the very SW corner of Michigan, so it looks like we'll have a batch in 2024. Just across the state line in Indiana it looks like the Brood X will be hatching. I might go for a drive to see if I can find any. I know they are huge, but they are kinda cool. I actually found a cicada just sitting in the parking lot of my work place last week. It had gotten really warm and then the temps dropped again, so maybe it came out and then got frozen? I didn't even take a picture. Oops.

 

not here in Va Beach.. we are spared.. thank goodness.. they are not coming to Hampton Roads.. they are staying in Northern VA.. guess they didn't want to go on vacation to the Beach LOL... I am so grateful.. I dislike them!

 

Lol and they fly too Cheryl! They really are huge.. palmetto bugs is the snooty word to make them sound more ‘posh’ but you are so right.. they are roaches.. they are huge like that in TX too.. lol

 

We have some cicada shells in our tree. No idea how long they have been there? But we knocked them down. With the map above, we look on the edge of this year or 2024.

So did I! I was digging out ivy and stumbled upon one. It may have been sleeping. It's dead now.

 

Ew...that pretty much says it all. Just ew!! I am not a bug person. I'm glad we don't have to contend with this in our part of the country!