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Brood X Cicadas, or the 17 year cicadas, are emerging these past couple of days, hitting mainly the DMV area, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, PA, etc. Billions of these little guys bout to go crazy

I remember the ones back in 2004 scared the s*** out of 8 year old me But honestly now as an adult I find them kinda cute, so long as they just mind their damn business and don't go flying around like locusts . You all in these areas seen any of these yet?

F*** I hate these things. WHY ARE THEY SO F***ING HUGE

Another L for the East Coast. Come live your dreams West of Nevada

Worst time zone

Nah that’s central/mountain time

Trust me, when my money’s right Im moving out to bigger and better things

The end is near

title reads like a fashion collab

shut your w**** mouth

They’re so f***ing loud

ITS GONNA BE A CICADA SUMMER?????

I hate these stupid f***ers. I remember I was in elementary school they last appeared, and they were f***ing everywhere.

It already is

Birds about to FEAST

Yet another L for the rust belt

f*** this I hate these f***ers. For a minute it was cool cause they were just emerging and they couldn’t fly very well for the most part. But now that they’re used to not being underground they’re EVERYWHERE, and they’re bold little s***s.

they’re exploring every surface trying to find places to mate so they’re constantly landing on people. It’s so bad I can’t even get from the car to the house w/o dodging and swatting. You usually feel them land on you since they’re about the size and weight of a half marshmallow, but I keep seeing people accidentally bring them in their house on their backs. It’s disgusting.

I hate their beady little red eyes, I hate the slurpy screechy sounds they make in the trees, I hate the feeling of their sticky little orange legs gripping onto my skin, I even hate the coordination it must take for a brood spanning half the country to wait 17 years and then all emerge at once.. they’re demonic aliens and it’s time we banish them back to their home planet.

is anyone else on this site seeing the plague going on outside? I swear I don’t remember it being this freaky when I was 7.

My friend sent me a video of like 40 of ‘em on this guys jacket while he was walking

Finally started seeing em. Doesn’t seem nearly as bad as last time

hate this s***

when they crowd around a tree and start buzzing together you can feel that s*** when you outside

only like 4 more weeks with them then gone for 17 years again tho so whatever

Yeh it’s nowhere near as bad. I had a couple stick to me but I just swipe em off, no big deal

I snapped today. Got fed up, picked one up, and bit into it. Instant regret but I guess it diffused my frustration

NC looks safe for now lets goooo