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Archae

(47,245 posts) Fri Aug 25, 2023, 10:26 PM Aug 2023

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I have my front door open, and talk about NOISE!

Cicadas.

They are singing like their lives depended on it, and boy is it a racket!

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I have my front door open, and talk about NOISE! (Original Post) Archae Aug 2023 OP

I love them. Always were the song of my summers in Texas. efhmc Aug 2023 #1

Is this late? UTUSN Aug 2023 #2

Not sure. Archae Aug 2023 #3

Texas naturalist says April to July. efhmc Aug 2023 #7

Stepped outside a few minutes ago and one landed on my nose. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 #4

Reminds me of the time a palmetto bug landed on my Mom's cheek. Archae Aug 2023 #6

Woah! They come in cycles, right. I usually read that brood X is electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #5

efhmc

(16,667 posts)

1. I love them. Always were the song of my summers in Texas.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Aug 25, 2023, 10:30 PM

Aug 2023

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

2. Is this late?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Aug 25, 2023, 10:53 PM

Aug 2023

Archae

(47,245 posts)

3. Not sure.

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 25, 2023, 10:54 PM

Aug 2023

All I know is they are out there.

efhmc

(16,667 posts)

7. Texas naturalist says April to July.

Reply to Archae (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 26, 2023, 11:41 AM

Aug 2023

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

4. Stepped outside a few minutes ago and one landed on my nose.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Aug 25, 2023, 11:48 PM

Aug 2023

Yeah, I jumped.

Archae

(47,245 posts)

6. Reminds me of the time a palmetto bug landed on my Mom's cheek.

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 26, 2023, 12:48 AM

Aug 2023

She and my Dad were in Florida for the winter, and a palmetto bug landed on my Mom's cheek.

I didn't see it, (I was here in Wisconsin,) Dad said my Mom's scream shattered windows for blocks.

electric_blue68

(26,856 posts)

5. Woah! They come in cycles, right. I usually read that brood X is

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Aug 26, 2023, 12:31 AM

Aug 2023

about to surface

I don't think I've ever heard them .

I do like hearing crickets in the summer time.

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