What’s about to happen this spring hasn’t happened since 1803 this is a big big event billions of cicas are expected to be buzzing across the eastern half of the US the insect influx is because two different Broods of cicas one on a 13-year cycle and another that lives on a 17-year cycle
Will emerge at the same time making for a rare once in a-lifetime event They Don’t Really harm anyone they’re actually quite cute they look like little tree frogs they’re probably one of the the most endearing insects out there and one of the loudest with their
Singing able to drown out the sound of a jet engine ever gone to a rock concert and you you leave the rock you get in your car and you still feel that in your ears 20 minutes in a woods with cicas that’ll do the same within about six
Weeks the cicas will find a mate lay their eggs and eventually die their survival strategy is to come out in massive number to overwhelm their predators so the Predators eat and eat and eat all the cicas possible that they can hold and then there are still Millions more left
To reproduce while these long winged insects aren’t expected to make their way north of the Border as an insect guy and being very hopeful that we’ll see them Joel scarpelli Global News
Billions of cicadas are poised to emerge from their decades-long slumber this spring and early summer in a rare natural phenomenon not witnessed since the 1800s.
The double brood event will happen just south of Canada, with both 13-year and 17-year cicadas emerging simultaneously, which has not happened since 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States.
“This is a big, big event” says David Beresford, a Canadian entomology professor.
Joe Scarpelli has more on this rare double brood and what is shaping up to be a raucous mating season.
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wow
1:18 What are those cicadas squirting out?
3301 ?
Don’t tell Trudeau and Guilbeault, they’ll order the homeless to harvest them and pay billions for a cicada food factory.
We had our huge cicada invasion a year ago in Maryland. It’s not such a big deal and the birds loved it. ?
Food
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Nice to know what these are called! They are super loud and have that nonstop ring! ??
This happens in Arizona every year, they are annoying AF !
Cute!?! Guessing you’d think otherwise after listening to their nauseating high pitched noise all the time.
fire should fix this
Obese birds coming up!!
The first of the plagues, the second, Trudeau
How can we blame Trudeau for this?
good eatin for the birds i guess