Kim-Char
Hellloooooo. Glad you stopped by.
Not to fear dear. Cicadas are harmless. Noisy but harmless. They spend their whole lives underground as grubs and emerge in great abundance about every seven years or so.

Why do they emerge you might ask....Well it's the oldest reason in the world..SEX
Yep...SEX....All that noise has one purpose. SEX.
They are gonna make little baby Cicadas that will go underground for seven years and emerge to do it again.
They only live a couple weeks as adults so they Party hard. Make a hell of a racket and leave a bit of a mess, and have SEX.
Wouldn't we do the same if we only had a couple weeks as adults to get the job done.
The crunchy "shells" you speak of are the exoskeleton they shed as they emerge as adults. If you ever get a chance to actually watch one metamorphis, take the time. It is fascinating.
The "carcass" is just an empty shell. It amazes me how they get out of the shell and leave it intact. Not to fear there are no gross innards left in the shell.
The noise.....Is a song of nature, try to enjoy it. But yes, it can be annoying.


One really nice benefit of camping in the back yard.
The toilets are close by.

So is the electric coffee pot.

Enjoy. We have done the same thing here. Camp down by the river. It's about a 1/4 mile walk from the house though.

Last edited by Bill Robinson; 05/10/07 03:21 PM.
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