It’s getting pretty dang loud out there. I was brush hogging my new field and kept getting covered in them every time I rustled the tree line. They’re red and evil looking. Sometimes I mistake them for wasps and run like sissy girl. Apparently, the husks they’re leaving behind are the most delicious snacks ever to my dogs.
I keep hearing about this. Me and my dog were around the firepit last night and it was as silent as a crypt. It’s dead silent outside all day and night. When should I expect them here in NJ?
Living in NJ I am not unfamiliar with these creatures. They come from time to time, I can hear them. But never once did I ever see a lot of them. I mainly heard them. If I didn’t hear them, I wouldn’t know they existed. Never in large numbers where I would actually see them. I’d see a dead one from time to time.
Oh, and PSA…oak leaf mites feed on cicada larva. The mites fall on you from trees (and i don’t think it’s just oak trees) then you itch like a ■■■■■■■■■■■■■
You might think you have bed bugs as they often fall down the back of your shirt and eat your back.
If you walk under trees a lot during cicada season wear a wide brimmed hat.
I have never encountered that. I grew up in the Maplewood/South Orange school district. In the 90s I lived in Basking Ridge. Briefly in Lacey Township. Then from 2001 until now, in the Manasquan area.
I have a lot of New Jersey covered there. Like I said, if I didn’t hear them, I wouldn’t know they were there.