17-year Cicada

emon87 · #1 05-19-2007, 10:53 PM

The 17-year cicada is scheduled to emerge on tuesday in northern Illinois.

Wiki on 17-year Cicada

Anyone experienced one of these before? Is it really noticeable in the city? Are they gross? Should I barricade myself indoors?

philr · #2 05-19-2007, 10:55 PM

we had them in cinci a few years back - it is wild, they are sooooooo loud. The noise level varies from place to place, there is less noise in areas where the gound has been turned over in the last 17 years (i.e. new housing developments) but in undisturbed area they will be everywhere.

tuq · #3 05-19-2007, 10:57 PM

I remember a couple of years ago there was an outbreak of these during a PGA Tour event, I think it was in Ohio. Good god were they loud, but it's not like people were staying home. I think all the carcasses and what not were kind of a hassle on the course though.

punkass · #4 05-19-2007, 10:57 PM

we had them awhile back in baltimore. they are loud as all hell, and they were everywhere in the city. They're harmless, but you will step on them and they will cover everything.

Nonfiction · #5 05-19-2007, 11:01 PM

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we had them awhile back in baltimore. they are loud as all hell, and they were everywhere in the city. They're harmless, but you will step on them and they will cover everything.

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expect the noise all day, and LOTS of dead ones all over the place. Otherwise, business as usual, they aren't really getting in your way or anything just being loud as [censored] from trees.

KDawg · #6 05-19-2007, 11:09 PM

these buggers are loud. I live in wilmette right now, and I also remember the last time they were in illinois, they suck, actually, they're more annoying then anything else and they're always everywhere

Poker is Rigged · #7 05-19-2007, 11:11 PM

where in illinois are they supposed to be? im just outside of rockford and never heard of these before

bottomset · #8 05-20-2007, 12:44 AM

these were crazy on planet earth

kyleb · #9 05-20-2007, 01:04 AM

goddamnit [censored] these things i remember them from ohio, i hate these things

so gross and loud

mmbt0ne · #10 05-20-2007, 01:06 AM

How do 17 year Cicadas breed at different years in different parts of the country? Theoretically they had to come from the same line going back far enough right?