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Cicada-Geddon ! Cicada-Palooza

A report of another Great Natural Event for North America this Spring (dates not fixed as Eclipse): https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cicada-palooza-billions-bugs-blanket.html Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America in Spring. This phenomenon, which has been dubbed “cicada-geddon” or “cicada-palooza” happens in ‘Spring time’ (Northern Hemisphere: March-June; Southern Hemisphere: September-November).

The cicada life cycle has three stages: eggs, nymphs(quite long in years), and adults (very short in days). Female cicadas can lay up to 400 eggs divided among dozens of sites… periodical cicadas, synchronize their emergence every 13 or 17 years. This year’s event involves the 13-year Brood, currently emerging in the Carolinas, followed by the 17-year Brood in the Midwest. There could be a small area of overlap in central Illinois.

People that have sampled cicadas often say they taste similar to canned asparagus. (จั๊กจั่นทอด has been a Thai delicacy for a long time. Will we import cicadas from USA?)

In Australia. Green specimens are commonly known as green grocers and yellow ones as yellow mondays. The peak Cicada season is in November and December. Cicadas spend most of their life underground with many large Australian species living underground as nymphs for around 6-7 years.