"If the climate continues too warm...all of the 17-year cicadas in this area could eventually become 13-year cicadas." ↩︎ The Washington Post View Post →

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A "brood" of big, red-eyed cicadas is slowly emerging in the eastern U.S. this month after patiently waiting 17 years underground.

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According to a 1962 study, based on an estimated count from two orchards in Hancock, Maryland, as many as 1.5 million cicadas can appear and cover "around one acre of ground" during their emergence.

As if we didn't have enough to worry about with giant murder hornets invading the US and a global pandemic, millions of 17-year cicadas will emerge from the ground this year.

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RT @LAlNLAlN: the cicadas are buzzing. gas pumps have all run dry. electrical poles have wilted. when i opened my slurpee it was red as blo…

RT @LAlNLAlN: the cicadas are buzzing. gas pumps have all run dry. electrical poles have wilted. when i opened my slurpee it was red as blo…

the cicadas are buzzing. gas pumps have all run dry. electrical poles have wilted. when i opened my slurpee it was red as blood

RT @RichardEGrant: Cicadas always signalled that Christmas was coming where I grew up . . . . . https://t.co/g0z8ndWGMJ

skins of cicadas. Best of all was catching flies to feed ants, 923624

RT @RichardEGrant: Cicadas always signalled that Christmas was coming where I grew up . . . . . https://t.co/g0z8ndWGMJ

In the backyard earlier today, I heard cardinal, chickadee, distant traffic, cicadas, affirmative pings from husband doing duolingo, mosquitos. In the grass by my food, a slug, being very still.

https://t.co/mDuIgBss8O anyway that was a very lovely solo cicadas "and it was your heart on the line, i really fucked it up this time, didn't i, my dear?" woes

WHY is it 2 dead cicadas on my car????

RT @sunnyfuckinhues: since cicadas sound different in different regions does that mean they technically have accents? like people do??

RT @WuxiCity: Yixing in #Wuxi welcomes the arrival of #MinorHeat, marking the beginning of scorching #summer. Elderly folks gently sway the…

RT @kazu75392264: High heat. The trill of cicadas seep into quietness of the parking lot. The master of this shedding shell must be singing…

RT @twink_l0ver: i put cicadas in mu mouth and just let them bounce around n shi

RT @skyfullofwishes: Can you hear the frogs and cicadas? https://t.co/cAwsd6rzNi

RT @kkrocketz: can i poke and prod at the pussy for scientific research

Me, age 5,on a hot and humid day on Kadena Air Force Base Okinawa,in the summer of 1996. Cicadas can be heard in the near by jungle,as my parents warn me to stay off the slide while at the park. Impulsiveness strikes as my sweaty ass adheres to the searing stainless steel. Regret https://t.co/cHU05ELaDw

Got a bug in your ear? Cicadas serenade Southern Utah with 'summer love songs' https://t.co/4F97PuuNhj

RT @Dr_Rob_Davis: The rainforest cicadas are so loud they hurt your ears. Crank the sound for an immersive walk on an Indonesian volcano fo…

cicadas among the leaves, 987576

cicadas among the leaves, 653271

the cicadas are too fuckin loud