17 year Cicadas

[Maximo]

The 17 year cicadas in Virginia are out in full force and making the worst racket all day long.

How long do these things last? Do they go all summer?

[celstu1]

Oh yuck! I heard about that! I love the Cicadia sound in the summer, but I never actually see one. I couldn't imagine them everywhere like that!

WE have stinkbugs now.... alot of them... they are awful.... make me want to stay indoors all the time, they gross me out, soooo ugly and they fly!

[Verbena]

Oh I hate the stink bugs too. We have a bottle of water which we collect them. That way they die and don't stink. It is the best way to kill them.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by celstu1

Oh yuck! I heard about that! I love the Cicadia sound in the summer, but I never actually see one. I couldn't imagine them everywhere like that!

WE have stinkbugs now.... alot of them... they are awful.... make me want to stay indoors all the time, they gross me out, soooo ugly and they fly!

I don't mind a little Cicada noise, but when there are trillions of them, it is deafening. We can hear it inside the house it is so loud. Some workmen told me this morning that they have seen houses covered with them. Ewww! They told me that this will last about 6 weeks. Each cicada lives about only 2 weeks, but new ones keep coming out.

Stinkbugs are gross.

[rubymoon2072]

eww that doesnt sound fun at all.. i fall asleep to the peepers in my yard but im not really sure what they look like or what they are ...my dh always just says peepers.

[kjc]

I remember the last time we had them. I couldn't walk to the car without stepping on a bunch of them. The news said that Maryland will miss them this year... IDK how that works, I thought they burrowed in the ground till it was time to resurface. Haven't seen or heard any yet. Really hate stink bugs too.

[chachi]

I have frogs in my backyard so the noise from these wouldnt bother me

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by chachi

I have frogs in my backyard so the noise from these wouldnt bother me

Tree frogs drive me nuts. When we first moved into our house, there was an above ground pool that attracted a bunch of them. I rounded them up and drove them a mile away to a new home, lol. We also got rid of the pool.

[YazminD]

Originally Posted by Maximo

Tree frogs drive me nuts. When we first moved into our house, there was an above ground pool that attracted a bunch of them. I rounded them up and drove them a mile away to a new home, lol. We also got rid of the pool.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by YazminD

You should have seen the bag of frogs in my car. I could barely drive because I was laughing so hard at them jumping around.

[YazminD]

Originally Posted by Maximo

You should have seen the bag of frogs in my car. I could barely drive because I was laughing so hard at them jumping around.

All I could think of, Here's a brave woman who lives with a trillion disgusting noisy cicada's bugs, scary slithering copperhead snakes, but took the sweet sounds of poor little harmless croaking frogs away, along with their own private swimming pool! Lol

Just kidding, I can't stand frogs either! Eww

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by YazminD

All I could think of, Here's a brave woman who lives with a trillion disgusting noisy cicada's bugs, scary slithering copperhead snakes, but took the sweet sounds of poor little harmless croaking frogs away, along with their own private swimming pool! Lol

Just kidding, I can't stand frogs either! Eww

They were messing with my serenity.

[chachi]

I dont know how tree frogs sound but your story ids very funny they must be loud. I have bullfrogs and I put them their for our pond as tadpoles. I only have 13 of them but I love the sounds they make. They make like a chirping sound and a deep throated croak sound its neat

[Lisa and Pic]

When we are in that 17 year cycle, it is so very loud and they are everywhere! From what I remember it only lasts a couple of weeks, but it seemed like forever. We used to have cats and they loved the cicadas or at least they loved hunting them. Yuck.

[celstu1]

Oh I love the tree frogs. The sound to me, is the sound of summer! We have tons of them and it's been such a crappy spring hardly anyone has their pool open yet, so the frogs are living under the pool covers and loving life! Chirping away all day & night!