Cicada 17 year invasion

[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

[KY SLABSEEKER]

There are several species of Cicadas. The last 17 year Cicada invasion was just over 4 years ago at least I thought that was the 17 year cicada. It was state wide.. This may be a 7 year cicada that is coming out. It will not hurt fishing. Matter of fact it will help. The top water bite while this is going on is tremendous. Even Carp will come up and feed on the cicada's as they are dropping in the water. I have seen Carp as big as 50 pounds go after Cicada's on the surface. It is one of the funniest looking things you will ever see. Carp has to bring his nose out of the water and then bring the snoot down on the cicada virtually without being able to see it.

I saw carp come up and take some top water plugs yesterday...We caught two probally 15lb or better... We also caught bass,redeye,bluegill...Everything is hitting topwater...It was a blast....

[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