Came home from vacation yesterday.  First thing I noticed is that my yard smelled like an animal died was there.  No dead animal, but thousands of dead cicadas and even more live ones In the trees.

Another note.....as someone who grew up with this cycle, I remember thinking about how old I would be the next time they came out.  For the first time ever, I am hoping I will be ALIVE the next time they come out!  I am officially old.

Still zero sightings or sounds of cicadas in the part of southeast Kentucky I live, Owsley County. 

I think they are gone!!  I haven't heard a peep in about a week!

3 hours ago, Defense_Wins_Games said:

I think they are gone!!  I haven't heard a peep in about a week!

Same, I miss them. 

Never heard a single one here in western northeast Kentucky.

I have one hit my window screen late last week while I was working.  Poor guy was obviously lost.

2 hours ago, mcpapa said:

Never heard a single one here in western northeast Kentucky.

Got it. You have the all clear to turn the hearing aids on again.

4 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Got it. You have the all clear to turn the hearing aids on again.

Did you say something?

11 hours ago, nkypete said:

I have one hit my window screen late last week while I was working.  Poor guy was obviously lost.

Lookin' for love in too many places.

They have awakened in Bowling Green. I thought we might have dodged it but the air is abuzz this morning. 

The Brood XIV periodical cicadas are supposed to be emerging any day now, and it envelopes much more of Kentucky than the Brood X cicadas that hit northern Kentucky back in 2021.

Evidently the experts are saying they think the amount of rain we've had this spring will postpone their emergence a little, but at this point they're evidently due at any time. I saw on Twitter this morning that some folks near Painsville, KY Hillsboro, OH and Hurricane, WV have had them starting to pop up.

Anyone seeing any in their neck of the woods?

On 6/29/2021 at 4:40 PM, mcpapa said:

Never heard a single one here in western northeast Kentucky.

Pops, it looks like you can more than likely expect to see some cicadas this go-round.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brood_XIV#/media/File%3APeriodical_Cicada_Broods_of_the_United_States.png