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It's the quietness that caught my attention. Crickets. As in...none.
Originally posted by Ameilia
reply to post by jiggerj
Last year I had less bugs than normal. I was happy, because I knew the exact cause. Geckos. Literally, at night I could turn on the lights in the house so each window lit up. Hundreds (if not more) of geckos would come right to them. We stood inside and would watch, they were bug eatin' like you wouldn't believe.
Man those things were cool. This year, I have lots of bugs, and the most geckos I've seen at one time is five.
Best case, you have a natural predator taking care of things for you. Worst case....
Cicada 2013 a bust?
For many in Central Pennsylvania, and beyond, Cicadamania 2013 was bust. To their great disappointment or their great relief - perspectives vary widely - the noisy, clumsy 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood II were no-shows this spring and summer across much of their expected range.
The Cicada killers are coming...
The invasion of periodical cicadas is over, but a second insect invasion looms. Sphecius speciosus, the Eastern cicada killers, have begun to emerge. And they make the national media hype over the cicadas look rather misplaced. Hunting, warring, patrolling, tunneling, they do more in two months--the length of their adult lives--than periodical cicadas do in 17 years.
Originally posted by Night Star
reply to post by jiggerj
I'm in a neighboring State to you. You'll probably hear the crickets in August. I wouldn't worry until then. I'll have to pay attention to see if I hear any tonight.
This year was supposed to be the 7 year invasion of the Cicada but I don't hear any.
Originally posted by jiggerj
Originally posted by Night Star
reply to post by jiggerj
I'm in a neighboring State to you. You'll probably hear the crickets in August. I wouldn't worry until then. I'll have to pay attention to see if I hear any tonight.
We had plenty of June bugs this year, but I don't remember being pestered by Mayflies. Also, with the news about brown bats going extinct from that White Nose disease I expected to be plagued by mosquitoes. Haven't seen even one.
The local store has outside lights running along the entire building. Every summer these lights are totally swamped with flying bugs. Do you think that maybe this will start happening in August? Funny how I never put a particular month to these things and only thought of it as a summer occurrence.