Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 12:37:49 -0400 From: Emily Atkins Subject: Locusts/Cicadas Several folks have posted about how amazing the locusts (cicadas?) are this year, and I was wondering if anyone out there knows what draws them to a particular place? Our yard has so many that you cannot takeContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 07:43:12 -0400 From: Jane Dunlap Subject: Those aren’t locusts, they’re cicadas Specifically, Magicicada, periodical cicadas that emerge in 13-year cycles; the ones in NC this year are from Brood XIX. The males sing, calling for mates, only during the day. In two months they willContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 10:08:14 -0400 From: Melissa Delbridge Subject: Locusts Aren’t they amazing? I picked up 22 of the shells in about 10 minutes out by a pond yesterday. When I was a kid in Alabama, I used to love to find one of these shells and wearContinue Reading