Comments on: Cicada Emergence Formula

By: nancy

nancy — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:55:08 +0000

I just caught one in North Hills, CA (Los Angeles County) Just one was so loud I could hear it from 200 feet away. I flushed it out of the tree with the hose and when it landed on a fence I captured it in a small container.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:51:29 +0000

They should be all but gone 35 days from now. You might have to do some lawn clean up though to get rid of the corpses.

By: Alice Nelsen

Alice Nelsen — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:08:59 +0000

How long do the adult cicadas live after they have emerged? I live near St. Louis, MO, and they emerged about 2-3 weeks ago. They started ‘singing’ about a week ago. The ground is littered with them. My daughter’s outdoor wedding is scheduled for July 4th. Will they be gone by then?
THANK YOU?

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:15:29 +0000

There isn’t a set date. Depends on the location, and how quickly the soil at that location becomes warm enough for them to emerge. I’ve been to an outdoor wedding during a cicada emergence and it wasn’t bad at all http://www.cicadamania.com/wedding.html — and 15 years later the couple is still happily married (rare these days).

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:08:32 +0000

Can somebody please help me?? My daughter is getting married in May of this year and she is freaking out over the cicadas. We live in smyrna, tn and I cant seem to get the date for when they expect them to emerge!!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:19:17 +0000

Fortunately, or unfortunately you’re out of the range for 2011 in Summerville SC. Western SC, like Greenwood will get them.

By: Angela McGrady

Angela McGrady — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:32:57 +0000

Hi. What will the Cacadias be like in Summerville, S.C.? Are they so many you can’t enjoy your yard? Will they eat any herb or vegetable I’m trying to grow? Are they a nuisance? How about the Ashley River or Lake Moultrie? Will they land on the boat or on us? What is a realistic expectation? Thanks! A.M.

By: ZekeL

ZekeL — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:34:43 +0000

Hi-
I don’t know when they emerged, but for the last week or so,
it’s a cicada fest here in Allentown, Lehigh County, PA. I
remember the last Brood XIV emergence in the late 1980′s (1987?)
Is this a XIV emergence here? Anybody? Anybody?
-Z

By: mike

mike — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:33:51 +0000

i live in between lake city and clinton, tennessee and for about 3 weeks now they have been emerging. i live about 2 miles from norris lake and about the same from I-75 north. there are so many that you can actually here them over the noise of the busy interstate. also what is the real deal with the folklore about the “w” or “p” on the wing tips i heard that these markings were “w” for wartime and “p” for peace time is this true? thanks

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:59:08 +0000

Mass emergence of cicada began yesterday (31 May 2008) here in Bellefonte, PA (Central PA, zip code 16823). I like to work outside with a wireless laptop and a wireless phone. Looks like I’m going to have a lot of background noise!