I was in Birmingham many years ago when the cicadas emerged and the noise they made was just incredible, it has to be experienced to be believed. It was difficult to carry on a conversation.
You beat me to it.Andrew Zimmern went somewhere that they ate them by the pan full.Pretty cool bugs,but don't know if I could eat one!
Looks like OH is in the clear- I have to wonder how they get them to stop right at the border like that
I guess they don’t like the cold up here, which is good. But on the other hand, we do have the Alaska state bird, the mosquito. I was told there is more total biomass of mosquitoes in Alaska than any other single living species.
Maps with better granularity than whole states are available. Cicada brood map 2024: When and where billions of the bugs will emerge - Vox
Looks to me like they're highlighting the states where they will be the most cicadas, not all the states where they will be some. Your mileage might vary.
This should be fun https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/cicadas-make-great-snacks-for-copperhead-snakes-experts-say/
Do I book a $1000 track weekend at the end of May in northern Illinois? I wish we could find someone that was riding track in the Midwest 17 years ago to chime in with their memory of it.
