The Cicadas are Coming

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qslim

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I was working in VA 17 years ago when these things came about, and holy hell were they EVERYWHERE. I was working at a Toyota shop at the time in an area of older buildings & houses, and these cicadas came out in full force. I remember the tires on customer's cars literally covered in cicadas from just being parked under these large oak trees, and after driving a car into the shop I'd put it on a lift and the tires would be oozing slime. The dealership walls were crawling with them, I couldn't ride my motorcycle for about a week because they were ruining my helmet & jacket - I'd never seen anything like it.

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/CALS-periodical_cicada_2020.html
 
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Those things are very cool! Unfortunately I don't think we ever see any of them in Oregon. Maybe in Arizona?
 
qslim said:
I was working in VA 17 years ago when these things came about, and holy hell were they EVERYWHERE. I was working at a Toyota shop at the time in an area of older buildings & houses, and these cicadas came out in full force. I remember the tires on customer's cars literally covered in cicadas from just being parked under these large oak trees, and after driving a car into the shop I'd put it on a lift and the tires would be oozing slime. The dealership walls were crawling with them, I couldn't ride my motorcycle for about a week because they were ruining my helmet & jacket - I'd never seen anything like it.

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/CALS-periodical_cicada_2020.html
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That is insane wow!


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Those things are very cool! Unfortunately I don't think we ever see any of them in Oregon. Maybe in Arizona?
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We get them real bad in Vegas/ Henderson area, wouldn’t be surprised if there down there.

Had a bush at my old house the size of a VW Bug, couldn’t even have a conversation next to it
 
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That is insane wow!




We get them real bad in Vegas/ Henderson area, wouldn’t be surprised if there down there.

Had a bush at my old house the size of a VW Bug, couldn’t even have a conversation next to it
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Maybe we'll get down there just in time to see them, I guess we'll see.
 
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It's an amazing thing to see. I remember the Chicago brood awakening in about 2005.
 
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