What kind of bug is this ?
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cicada
or house bug as ive heard them called. they live on the roots of trees for a long time then molt when ready. i have only seen one in my entire life alive before the molting process, found plenty of shells though
or house bug as ive heard them called. they live on the roots of trees for a long time then molt when ready. i have only seen one in my entire life alive before the molting process, found plenty of shells though
There are two main molting cycles in Magicicada cicadas in the US there is the 17 and 13 year mating cycles. There are three Magicicada variants that have a 17 year cycle and four with a 13 year cycle. The reason for this is it takes a very long time for the two cycles to coincide because they are prime numbers (once every 221 years to be exact) Last summer was the largest 13 year brood (labeled brood XIX) that had all four variants of the 13 year cycle in one brood.
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Looks like it's been well covered, but yeah- cicada. Just for one more opinion.
I used to see how many a could collect as a kid.
I remember last year they were awful. We went up to Clark's Hill Lake and there were so many dead on the water and on the shores you couldn't walk without stepping on them. They also make such a loud noise I thought someone's house alarm was going off. I'm glad it's only once every 10 years they come out.
We had the 13 year cicadas up here last summer. You could see huge swarms of them driving down the interstate. There was deafening loudness as well.
Took this picture last year it was under the railing on the back deck.
