Cicadas are coming soon

infection. Larger

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Here in the Ohio Valley we had our Cicada invasion back in 2004. For young trees the solution of covering the trees with a light fabric cloth is the best solution I found. Neighbors who did not cover their young trees did have a lot more damage and it took several years for the trees to recover (but no one that I know of lost a tree).

By the way, I do have some information on my web site,

Bill R wrote in news:46335559$1 snipped-for-privacy@news.iglou.com:

Why would the mid-west have a different cicada cycle? By the way, I'm considered to be in the mid-west and we had it here in 2004, too, so I'm really confused now.

Not sure why you think there was a Cicada invasion in the Midwest in 2004. I did not see it here near Chicago. As far as I know, the most common cycles in North America are 17 years for the Northern Cicadas and 13 year cycles for the Sourthern Cicadas.

I'm still confused about whether the Cicadas crawl up the tree trunks to do their damage, or fly up to the branches for the same purpose. I think the Nymphs crawl out of their holes and up the trees to lay the eggs. Is that the source of the tree damage and if you prevent them from crawling up the trunk, would that stem the damage?

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sherwindu wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net:

I'm in central Indiana. The Cicada invasion in 2004 made headline news across the country because both types of Cicadas cycled together and the noise and *smell* were incredible. You couldn't take a step without crunching one.

They even made T-Shirts with Cicada pics on them to commemorate the occasion:

There was a Cicada invasion in the midwest in 2004. My area (the Ohio valley) is part of the midwest and we had a large invasion as my web site shows:

The damage to trees occurs after the females breed with the males and then fly up to the tree branches to lay their eggs. The last two pictures on this page,

Where was I? :-) I'm in northern Illinois, and I don't remember anything like that. Did it miss us?

My area (the Ohio valley) is part of the midwest and we had a large invasion in 2004 as my web site shows:

The damage to trees occurs after the females breed with the males and then fly up to the tree branches to lay their eggs. The last two pictures on this page,

My area (the Ohio valley) is part of the midwest and we had a large invasion in 2004 as my web site shows:

The damage to trees occurs after the females breed with the males and then fly up to the tree branches to lay their eggs. The last two pictures on this page,

Sorry for all the multiple posts. The news server said the messages weren't being posted so I kept re-trying.