@AskTheDevil
If I had the choice to escape them, I would. 😉. They get vicious at the end of life and like to dive bomb you. Not a fan.
@CinnamonGirlE I think they're running out of energy, and try to fly, and they go careening around. They're big, so you feel it when they smack into you.
After a couple of days, the noise really gets to me. I think it gets to most everyone to one degree or another.
@AskTheDevil
Agreed on both counts.
The first year I ever remember them, my house wasn't air conditioned at the time. I remember how horrific to not be able to escape through that ac noise.
I recall being in Maryland when Brood X seventeen-year locusts emerged. That was probably the summer of 1987. They were not unattractive when they first came out of their shells, with their white bodies, red eyes, and greenish-yellow wings.
It now occurs to me that "Brood X" sounds like the title of a horror movie.
@DavidSalo
It does! I never thought of that before. That sounds like the first year or so I remember in NC?
@CinnamonGirlE ::raises hand::
CHECK, PLEASE!
@rpardee
Yes, really making sure any outside work complete before May!!
@LnzyHou
I know. I detest everything about them.
Remember the cicada recipes from a couple years ago?
@ellesu
No! 😱
Elaborate.
Oh geez! It's going to be an interesting summer! Between the cicadas and the spotted lantern flies! If I had a choice, I would prefer the cicadas!
@Spagesgallo1
I I just looked them up as I had never heard of them. They look kind of like a stink bug.
Oh yeah! I have encountered the stink bugs on Long Island, but not the other one! Yikes! Nasty! 😱
@CinnamonGirlE the spotted lantern flies are so scary looking! They literally swarm all over everything and do major destruction to trees. When you see them in person, they are even uglier than the stink bugs. Oh geez! It's going to be an interesting summer!
@Spagesgallo1
🦟🪳bugs! My least fav part of summer!
Same thing here! Except for the lightening bugs, butterflies, dragonflies and ladybugs. Bumble bees too!
@Spagesgallo1 correct! They are in a different category, in my mind at least.
@CinnamonGirlE If anyone needs me, I'll be on the moon, until it's over.
They're neat critters, but the noise.