updated: here they are
Experts say the emergence could begin in earnest as soon as this weekend. By next weekend, the din will likely commence as uncountable hordes of male cicadas click and shrill in their quest for a mate.
Washington Post: Riding the Buzz Before the Cicadas' Roar. Also from the Post:
Everybody is talking like there are going to be cicadas everywhere, but there are going to be places where there simply are no cicadas. There are places that will have 1,000 or 10,000 cicadas under one tree. It almost takes a neighborhood-by-neighborhood investigation. It can be very localized.
Heading Outdoors? Here's the Buzz. (The Post has compiled its cicada coverage on one page.)
Comments
"Sometimes I dig where there are no holes."
"They're not cognizant; they have no sense of self."
Hats off to Cameron W. Barr for some of the best cicada quotes ever.
Posted by: sudama | May 7, 2004 4:46 PM
oh, man.... this makes me glad i don't live in maryland anymore.
it also makes me feel very old!
Posted by: dave | May 8, 2004 2:13 PM
oh, man.... this makes me glad i don't live in maryland anymore.
it also makes me feel very old!
Posted by: dave | May 8, 2004 2:15 PM