Who had swarms of cicadas on their 2024 Bingo card?

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aggiehawg
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1:49p, 3/31/24


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"Billions, even trillions, of cicadas are going to emerge at the same time across 17 states," Chris Simon, a professor in UConn's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, told Live Science.

Brood XIII and XIX have been living underground for 17 and 13 years respectively.

They will soon emerge at the same time for the first time in 221 years.
Periodical broods are found in eastern North America and tend to emerge in large numbers.
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Once they hatch, the nymphs feed off root sap underground until it's time to mate.

Mating season has been described as a noisy and chaotic display that could happen for weeks.
An event like this hasn't occurred since 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president and it's not expected to happen again until 2244.

"The co-emergence of any two broods of different cycles is rare because the cycles are both prime numbers," John Cooley, founder of the Periodical Cicada Project and a professor in UConn's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, told the publication.
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Lovely, isn't it? I used to live in West Texas and hated those things. Not only noisy but they pee and leave their shells attached to trees. Yuck!
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1:52p, 3/31/24
Copperheads rejoice everywhere!
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1:54p, 3/31/24
From the map it doesn't appear much of Texas will be affected.

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1:57p, 3/31/24
Isn't this like an every 7 years or so kinda thing? I think it's predictable. Or is there some randomness to it?

Doesn't seem bingo card worthy, unless I'm misunderstanding.

I know it drives some folks absolutely bonkers. They don't bother me at all.
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In reply to theeyetest • 2:01p, 3/31/24
theeyetest said:
Copperheads rejoice everywhere!

This is really the only bad thing.

My dog got bit 3 times in 13 months (he's an idiot) during a big cicada hatch.
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 2:01p, 3/31/24
Kenneth_2003 said:
Isn't this like an every 7 years or so kinda thing? I think it's predictable. Or is there some randomness to it?

Doesn't seem bingo card worthy, unless I'm misunderstanding.

I know it drives some folks absolutely bonkers. They don't bother me at all.
Read the link. A sequence such as this one is very rare every 200+ years or so.
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2:14p, 3/31/24
Saw this movie when I was a kid. "The Beast Within"
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2:20p, 3/31/24
And, a full eclipse. The end is nigh!!
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 2:22p, 3/31/24
Kenneth_2003 said:
Isn't this like an every 7 years or so kinda thing? I think it's predictable. Or is there some randomness to it?

Doesn't seem bingo card worthy, unless I'm misunderstanding.

I know it drives some folks absolutely bonkers. They don't bother me at all.
Very predictable, just like an eclipse.

Cicadas emerge on a regular cycle, the length of that cycle depends on the type of cicada.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 2:32p, 3/31/24
Kenneth_2003 said:
Isn't this like an every 7 years or so kinda thing? I think it's predictable. Or is there some randomness to it?

Doesn't seem bingo card worthy, unless I'm misunderstanding.

I know it drives some folks absolutely bonkers. They don't bother me at all.
Some are annual, some are periodical and on a 13 year cycle while another periodical is on a 17 year cycle. This year, the 13 year and 17 year broods both emerge.

There is a periodical brood that emerges in Texas, but in a small area in the northern part, and will next appear in 2032.
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2:35p, 3/31/24
Thanks for the information!
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2:38p, 3/31/24
I found an orange one 2 summers ago here in McLennan County. I wonder why I only saw one, though.???..
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2:42p, 3/31/24


I love 'em and I love hearing them. They define summer for me. When we were kids, we had contests who could shoot and kill the most with our homemade sling shots. Summer is just not the same without hearing their buzz.

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2:46p, 3/31/24
Great! Biden declares Transgender Day on Easter, bringing down the wrath of God.

Way to go Brandon.
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Not Coach Jimbo
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2:51p, 3/31/24
I looked into this previously.

Only two states (Illinois and iowa) where the two broods are overlapping.

Outside of there should be fairly normal... so mostly just semi interesting clickbait.

Apparently the type we have in texas is a little different, that's why we have some of them every year? Lost interest before getting a solid answer there.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 2:55p, 3/31/24
aggiehawg said:
From the map it doesn't appear much of Texas will be affected.



The only one touching texas there is 2032. Just focus on blue and brown... everything else is noise.
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In reply to Not Coach Jimbo • 3:00p, 3/31/24
Not Coach Jimbo said:
I looked into this previously.

Only two states (Illinois and iowa) where the two broods are overlapping.

Outside of there should be fairly normal... so mostly just semi interesting clickbait.

Apparently the type we have in texas is a little different, that's why we have some of them every year? Lost interest before getting a solid answer there.


If Iowa and Illinois have big issues that impact their corn crop we could have another major increase in food prices
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In reply to aggiehawg • 4:04p, 3/31/24
aggiehawg said:
Kenneth_2003 said:
Isn't this like an every 7 years or so kinda thing? I think it's predictable. Or is there some randomness to it?

Doesn't seem bingo card worthy, unless I'm misunderstanding.

I know it drives some folks absolutely bonkers. They don't bother me at all.
Read the link. A sequence such as this one is very rare every 200+ years or so.
Two broods, one on a 17 year cycle and one on a 13 year cycle. In my simplistic statistical analysis, they line up every 13*17=221 years. Does that analysis hold up only because 13 and 17 are prime numbers?
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In reply to rocky the dog • 4:10p, 3/31/24
rocky the dog said:


I love 'em and I love hearing them. They define summer for me. When we were kids, we had contests who could shoot and kill the most with our homemade sling shots. Summer is just not the same without hearing their buzz.



Amen. We would hunt them with BB guns. As soon as we grabbed the gun, our huge Siamese cat would fall in right behind, and would get them as soon as they hit the ground. He ate them like candy.
If we were lucky enough to find one low enough to catch, we go get some thread from moms sewing machine and tie around that first section and then let him go and fly him around in circles.
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 4:14p, 3/31/24
Kenneth_2003 said:
Isn't this like an every 7 years or so kinda thing? I think it's predictable. Or is there some randomness to it?

Doesn't seem bingo card worthy, unless I'm misunderstanding.

I know it drives some folks absolutely bonkers. They don't bother me at all.


Tell us you didn't read the article and or the quotes without telling us lol
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In reply to torrid • 4:34p, 3/31/24
torrid said:
aggiehawg said:
Kenneth_2003 said:
Isn't this like an every 7 years or so kinda thing? I think it's predictable. Or is there some randomness to it?

Doesn't seem bingo card worthy, unless I'm misunderstanding.

I know it drives some folks absolutely bonkers. They don't bother me at all.
Read the link. A sequence such as this one is very rare every 200+ years or so.
Two broods, one on a 17 year cycle and one on a 13 year cycle. In my simplistic statistical analysis, they line up every 13*17=221 years. Does that analysis hold up only because 13 and 17 are prime numbers?


They are mutually prime. Not just prime but also they share no common factors. It can happen with non prime numbers too like 8 and 9.
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9:21p, 3/31/24
Beside dying in mass, causing odor problems and an increase in the rat population, the damage they cause trees as they lay their eggs at the tips of branches, causing the tips to die,
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9:27p, 3/31/24
The sound of the cicadas on summer nights reminds me of my youth. Love it!
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9:34p, 3/31/24
The decade+ cycle cicada broods are nothing like the every summer cicadas we have here. It's like 100x the quantity and they croak all day and night. It's a 2-3 week thing to behold and you'll never understand how annoying it can be until you live through a cycle.
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9:39p, 3/31/24
I remember hearing them around y2k. Then again around 2010.
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9:43p, 3/31/24
This sounds like an episode of Silicon Valley - what futures do we need to buy to profit?
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9:49p, 3/31/24
Tie a fishing line or thin string around a cicada. Best fun for a kid. They have a flying pet that makes noise.
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In reply to JSKolache • 10:12p, 3/31/24
JSKolache said:
The decade+ cycle cicada broods are nothing like the every summer cicadas we have here. It's like 100x the quantity and they croak all day and night. It's a 2-3 week thing to behold and you'll never understand how annoying it can be until you live through a cycle.


I didn't understand until I was living in Maryland for their brood. It was insane the number of cicadas. Quite literally insane. And everywhere.
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10:17p, 3/31/24
Will there be special vacation packages for cicada watches?
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In reply to rocky the dog • 10:19p, 3/31/24
rocky the dog said:


I love 'em and I love hearing them. They define summer for me. When we were kids, we had contests who could shoot and kill the most with our homemade sling shots. Summer is just not the same without hearing their buzz.

We would catch them as kids, tie a string around their neck and fly them like a kite :-) Loved collecting their sheded exoskeleton
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10:19p, 3/31/24
I hate that sound. It's like the sound of heat.
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10:21p, 3/31/24
And Cicada & Katydids are summer music for me. Love both.
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10:21p, 3/31/24
https://www.fishusa.com/Megabass-Grand-Siglett-Cicada-Topwater-Bait/
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