March 25, 20215 yr This will be my first time owning a home during Cicada season. 17-years ago I had a basement apartment in Newport. For those of you that have been around a little longer than I have, how did you handle cutting the grass during the Cicada onslaught?
March 25, 20215 yr 2 minutes ago, TheDeuce said: Why/how do the cicadas make a difference in mowing the lawn? Yeah, I don't remember them being a problem.
March 25, 20215 yr Congratulations on your new home PP1! I think PP1 may be talking about the buggers being attracted to the sound lawnmowers make. If he takes a vow of ahimsa this season, he'll rent a Bush Hog in the fall. Otherwise, he'll have free pulverized organic fertilizer and a tidy lawn. https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/are-cicadas-attracted-to-the-sound-of-lawnmowers-and-other-machinery/
March 25, 20215 yr Author Just they are all over trees and grass. Their skeletons are all over the ground. I'm debating if I need to pay AALawncare this year to treat the yard or not.
March 25, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, PP1 said: This will be my first time owning a home during Cicada season. 17-years ago I had a basement apartment in Newport. For those of you that have been around a little longer than I have, how did you handle cutting the grass during the Cicada onslaught? In short, I would consider mowing more often and letting all those evil cicadas know it is your house PP1!
March 26, 20215 yr I don’t remember having any issues mowing the lawn during the last cicada event 17 years ago. I wouldn’t spend another minute worrying about it....it should be business as usual.
March 26, 20215 yr On 3/25/2021 at 9:04 AM, PP1 said: This will be my first time owning a home during Cicada season. 17-years ago I had a basement apartment in Newport. For those of you that have been around a little longer than I have, how did you handle cutting the grass during the Cicada onslaught? Just pick/knock 'em off before coming into house or garage. That's what I did for my son after he was done mowing our large yard. I don't recall a large number attaching themselves though.
March 31, 20215 yr Apparently some lawnmowers - and especially some string trimmers - attract cicadas. I was still living with my 'rents in immediately following college the last time, and my dad's lawnmower wouldn't attract them at all, but when I used the string trimmer it would a little. I actually watched one of my neighbors at the time get absolutely mobbed by cicadas when he was cutting his grass.
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