Re: "Cicadas and their piercing cries are coming back after 13 years waiting"
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Originally Posted by Patty in Wisc
God forbid if anyone has a swarm of them nearby. About 10 yrs ago, there was ONE in a tree in front of house. The cicada was close to my neighbors bdroom window. As soon as it got dark out, it would screach, LOUD & high pitched, stopping only for about 1 second & kept doing this till dawn. We didn't know what it was but figured it was a animal. He got a rifle out & shot up in tree LOL. Next day I called humane society & they told me it wqas a bug. The noise is their mating call & when they get laid, they'll stop screatching. Apparently there were no others around so this thing screeched for at least a month or longer.
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The back end of our yard is all tall tulip poplars, and the cicadas always are buried around them. When they're out, it sounds like the trees could take off. I rather like it, however, especially as I now know they stop once their lust is satisfied. I'm rooting for them. 
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