They’re Back!!! (After 17 Years)

[Bearcarver]

They’re Back!!! (After 17 Years)​

It doesn’t seem like that long ago, but 17 years ago Locusts were all over My House, just before they left us.
The noise they make, by the Thousands is nearly unbearable. It’s actually almost the same “Tinnitus” noise I hear in my ears "24/7/365"
Day & Night, only these are 1000 Times as loud.

Mrs Bear took some pretty good Pics, so I’m posting them for anybody who doesn’t get to see these things.

This is the first time we noticed the actual holes they came from when leaving the Ground, to visit us.

Note: These are actually "Cicadas", but by Habit, we always called them Locusts. The real Locust, we always called "Flying Grasshoppers".


Bear


Here you can see the Holes from whence they came from beneath the Earth's Surface. All those dark dots are holes:

All those Brown spots are the empty shells they leave behind:

Here's a Close-up of one of the Cute Little Guys:

A wider View:
On Top A Full Grown Locust.
On Left a Deserted Locust Shell.
On Right seems to be one in between the change:

 

[JLeonard]

Cool pics! I know they are loud as heck here.
Jim

 

[thirdeye]

When I was a boy in Texas we collected locust shells. I think there were more than one species and some were cicadas. We have only a few species in Wyoming, I think I have some imitations in my fly fishing box.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

I dont miss those at all.

 

[Buffalo Smoke]

Looks like a Cicada to me. Yes they are very loud.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

They are loud as hell here right now! They make great bait for fishing!

 

[chopsaw]

Haven't seen any here yet , but last time they hatched the yard looked like it was strafed by an A-10 warthog .

 

[mneeley490]

Slap some on the grill and let us know how they taste!

 

[SmokyMose]

I read about the 17 yr hatching but we haven't seen any around here. We get a variation every year and find their empty casings everywhere.
Birds love them.

 

[SmokyMose]

Slap some on the grill and let us know how they taste!

Maybe a Honey Mustard Glaze?

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

Oh man I don’t miss those. Growing up in Ohio we would get them towards the end of summer. That’s how I knew school was about to start. That noise is annoying

 

[MJB05615]

Hated them way back in NJ years ago, and going to be hating them this year. They haven't hit us in Ga yet, but's it's coming. North Ga is getting them now I think, so it's coming soon. I've got ringing in 1 ear at a time, so maybe their noise will balance things out for me, lol.

 

[smokerjim]

Haven't seen any here yet bear but I'm sure it won't be much longer now that your seeing them, really not looking forward to it.

 

[Hamdrew]

This year is cicadas. Thankfully, they aren't nearly as destructive as locusts. Just started hearing them the other night myself.

[They are most definitely edible]

 

[gmc2003]

Keep them in PA John. We don't want them here.

Chris

 

[Bearcarver]

Cool pics! I know they are loud as heck here.
Jim

Thanks Jim!!
I would think anybody close to going Nuts, can be taken over the top by the noise.

Bear

When I was a boy in Texas we collected locust shells. I think there were more than one species and some were cicadas. We have only a few species in Wyoming, I think I have some imitations in my fly fishing box.

Yup---We used to collect them too. I also collected a few Crayfish shells, after I had them in my aquarium for awhile, and they shed their shells. Then they turned from "Green/Brown" to "Orange".
I also used to have a Bass Plug that looked like a Cicada. It was an old one , made of wood, with metal wings. It was antique---Don't know what happened to it.

Bear

 

[bigfurmn]

Ok, so I now have one good reason for living in Minnesota. Those little sobs don't come this far north!!!

 

[Steve H]

Yup, we'll be getting them soon. The cool weather has slowed them down some.

 

[Bearcarver]

Ok, so I now have one good reason for living in Minnesota. Those little sobs don't come this far north!!!

Hmmm---I was wondering who gets them & who doesn't!!
Thanks.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

I dont miss those at all.

Thank You Rick!!
I knew you could do without them!!

Looks like a Cicada to me. Yes they are very loud.

I fixed that. I'm used to a lifetime of "Wrongly" calling them "Locusts".
The actual Locusts look like Flying Grasshoppers we have around here all the time.
I use them for Bait.

Bear