Cicada 17 year invasion

[know1]

I could be wrong (I often am!), but I think the 17 year Cicadas hatch every year, but that some years are much more numerous than others.

[RoadToad]

There are different "broods" of 17-year cicadas in different areas, that emerge in different years, and the same is true of 13-year cicadas. And sometimes some of them will emerge early. Plus, there are annual cicadas that are around every year. When I was out at Elmer Davis the other day, I saw sloughed cicada exoskeletons all over the place. I would think that fish would eat cicadas readily; everything else seems to. While they're emerging, maybe a surface lure that imitates a floundering bug might be a good idea?

[bigwormy]

buzzbait been workin well for me

[whiskers]

went to cland night befor last the cicadas started hitting the water about 2 in mourning and the fish went wild biteing them all around the boat but couldnt by a bite on rico or torpedo or small jitter bug that looked just like a cicada. did manage a 10 lb striper on a gizz 3

[MagikSmallie]

what needs to be understood is that cicada's hatch every year the reason they are called 17 year is becuase it takes 17 years for them to transform from a grub into the actual cicada, some years are heavier than others, but they don't just come out every 17 years they come very year.

[RoadToad]

what needs to be understood is that cicada's hatch every year the reason they are called 17 year is becuase it takes 17 years for them to transform from a grub into the actual cicada, some years are heavier than others, but they don't just come out every 17 years they come very year.

It is true that there are "annual" cicadas that come out every year, but 17-year cicadas do in fact live underground for 17 years, only emerging once in their lifetime. There are 13-year cicadas, too. Do a Google search and you'll find all kinds of articles about them. This one has good pics:
http://www.pbase.com/knight_errant/cicada_central

[LarryG]

I have lived at my present locatio over 15 yrs. This year the noise is loud and constant. Its not unusual to see six or seven at a time flying around. yes there are locusts every year, but this is the most i have ever seen or heard, and I've got a few yrs on me.

[DJD]

Spent an hour at Raven Run yesterday in Fayette County hiking the SHADED trails. The singing of these bugs was LOUD! It actually gave me a headache and when we left we all had the feeling as if we had been listening to loud music. So if you want to see a bunch of them and hear them this is the place because there are thousands everywhere.

[MASBASS]

Well this is the 17 year

in 2004 L-ville and parts of central Kentucky had a few areas of brood X (also a 17 year)

This is the ones have here.
Brood XIV none 17 1991 2008 Southern Ohio, Kentucky, Northern Tennessee, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Southern Pennsylvania, Western parts of Virginia & W. Virginia, and parts of New York & New Jersey .3
Brood XIX The Great Southern Brood 13 1998 2011 The Midwest to Maryland and Virginia.4

3. Premature emergences, or "straggling" occurred in 2003 and 2006.[2]


this information was taken from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magicicada#Broods