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Re: [OM] IMG: Noisy Insect

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Noisy Insect
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:26:18 -0700
Willie Wonka wrote:
> <snip moaning & groaning>.
>  
> I am willing to sacrifice all I have now just to live in a place without 
> cicadas.  Please, let me know if such a place exists anymore. 

West Coast. Possibly most of the American West. I don't believe I've 
ever seen or heard a cicada.

> I thought that I was immune in RI, this is the first time I hear them since 
> we moved six years ago.  Oh, yea and the five minutes commute too...
>  
> Anyone wants to take a guess how they showed up here?
>   

They followed you!  :-)  

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Their life cycle is probably 17 years in RI. There are probably broods 
on a few different cycles , but in any given area, there may be several 
years with no adults out making noise.

Moose
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