Point of interest for nerds - the long cycle cicadas have prime number
emergences (7, 13). It's supposed to disrupt the predator/prey rhythm.
People like me find that rather cool.
Andrew Fildes
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On 12/05/2011, at 11:27 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Well Jim, even with diminished hearing, when his billion-plus cousins
> emerge you will likely hear them. Of course we get the usual Summer Cicadas
> here every year and I like them as a harbinger of the seasons. But these 7
> and 13 year emergences are a different kettle of fish. My brother-in-law
> experienced one about a decade ago when he moved to Lynchburg, VA. He sent
> me some photos showing his yard about two inches deep with these critters.
> He went outside to sweep them away from the AC unit and claimed he couldn't
> even hear his own thoughts for the racket. Keep us posted on their progress
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