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Ms. Toad

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14. We're supposed to be in the 17-year footprint -

Reply to bigtree (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 04:10 PM

Jun 2021

but I have yet to see any. (I didn't see many 17 years ago either).

But - my brother (in Maryland) reports a similar infestation - he's been posting pictures of bushes carpeted so thickly with bugs that you can barely see any green.

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I'm torturing, maiming, and killing cicadas [View all] bigtree Jun 2021 OP

Where do you live? NT enough Jun 2021 #1

Maryland bigtree Jun 2021 #4

We're supposed to be in the 17-year footprint - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #14

WTF? Ok! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #2

It's weird how territorial this is-- dawg day Jun 2021 #3

I have to blame my soil management bigtree Jun 2021 #5

Good for the environment... dawg day Jun 2021 #6

Can Cicadas be transported and transplanted? Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #7

I know there are a lot in Maryland MiniMe Jun 2021 #8

it was like that here when the 7-year thing hit a while back bigtree Jun 2021 #9

I saw cicada hell 17 years ago, but nothing yet this year MiniMe Jun 2021 #10

"I just cleared them off again, and there was an immediate uproar from the bank of..." Hortensis Jun 2021 #11

Haven't seen any yet in the Pittsburgh area FakeNoose Jun 2021 #12

I saw a bunch of them chase a friend. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #13