For nearly two weeks now, we here in southwest Missouri have been witnessing the triumphant emergence of approximately seven zillion 13-year cicadas (Brood XIX). Sigh. Their abandoned shells hang everywhere on everything, their very interesting…  | walnutshademom May 21 | For nearly two weeks now, we here in southwest Missouri have been witnessing the triumphant emergence of approximately seven zillion 13-year cicadas (Brood XIX). Sigh. Their abandoned shells hang everywhere on everything, their very interesting orange and black selves slowly crawl around everywhere, and they "buzz." Boy, do they buzz! They tune up and start their obnoxious serenading around 8:00 each morning, and they continue until... well, I don't actually know when they stop because although they do get louder and softer every few minutes, they seem to keep going all day. (Maybe I'll set a reminder for this evening to note when I no longer hear them.) I learned in this article that if we lived in northern Missouri, we'd be treated to a truly overwhelming earful of emerging 13-year cicadas (Brood XIX) AND their emerging 17-year cousins (Brood XIII), a combined event that hasn't happened in 221 years! After 30 or 300 minutes of non-stop buzzing, I tend to develop a mild headache, so I'm thankful that I won't be in any geographic section of Missouri the next time those two emergences coincide. | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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