The Brood X Victory

[goliathusdavid]

Absolutely hilarious. A pressing new threat to US National Security.
A plane carrying Biden's press corps was about to take off. Then the Cicadas swarmed.

 

[Doodlebird]

I had to look this up to believe it lol. Not gonna lie, I'm a bit jealous of people that have brood X in their area. I haven't spotted a single cicada in my area yet.

 

[Introvertebrate]

Any day the press gets swarmed is a good day.

 

[Blueandbluer]

I hope I can get to some woods before Brood X dies off -- I know they're here in the area but I have yet to see a single one in Philadelphia. Though the lanternfly invasion has already begun!

 

[goliathusdavid]

I hope I can get to some woods before Brood X dies off -- I know they're here in the area but I have yet to see a single one in Philadelphia. Though the lanternfly invasion has already begun!

This is a very sore spot for Philly entomologists. For some reason, that no one in the national entomological community can explain, they show up in all the surrounding counties but never the city limits- and we have the Wissahickon! And given that DC is the epicenter of the emergence, it's not like they try to avoid urban areas. Yet only two have been collected within city limits in the past 200 years. It feels awfully like they're deliberately snubbing us. And i had such good recipes on hand before learning this

 

[Introvertebrate]

There’s no rhyme or reason to it. Here in Columbus, they’re all on the west side of town. Over here on the east side................. silence.

 

[Introvertebrate]

I went outside. I can hear a few Brood X individuals, but not the continuous ‘roar’ like you hear on the west side of town. The song is distinct. It’s different from the annual species that we hear latter in the summer.