{"id":13703,"date":"2013-06-03T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=13703"},"modified":"2013-06-03T03:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T08:00:32","slug":"where-the-cicadas-are-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/13703","title":{"rendered":"Where the Cicadas Are, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The video is for listening, mostly. I know it’s cicada season and brood II was supposed to be big in places along the mid-Atlantic and northeast, but I had only heard a few buzzes thus far \u2014 where I live and work were inundated back in 2004 by brood X, and I don’t know how much that crowds out other groups. It makes sense we wouldn’t have a big brood XI, if the hordes from the previous year allowed a predator population explosion, but I’ve seen some in other years and expected more this year.<\/p>\n

But once I got outside of town to go geocaching, I saw (and heard) swarms. The background sound that’s reminiscent of the phaser sound on the original Star Trek is the chorus, and then there’s the other chirping\/buzzing. And it was LOUD. It’s interesting that the buzzing comes and goes, like a resonance. It’s like one cicada starts calling and the others join in because they don’t want to be left out of advertising to the ladies.<\/p>\n

I had one land on me and start calling, which was a little weird because all of the sudden there’s this screaming sound coming from a different place than the background. Plus, I’m not his type. Unfortunately I didn’t bring my slo-mo camera; there was a lot of flying about going on, which I’d like to capture. Maybe all the factors will cooperate next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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