Comments on: Missing!

By: bugguy

bugguy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:49:27 +0000

the thing with cicadas is they spend up to four years underground as larvae. about every four years there will be a large hatch of these animals and the population fluctuates as the overlapping generation appear. some generations are larger than others

By: Molly Daly

Molly Daly — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:14:31 +0000

I heard a cicada one day this past week as I went out to get the mail. It sounded as if it were in distress, and when I tracked it down, I found out why: it was in the clutches of a cicada killer wasp. By then, the victim had fallen silent, and the wasp had started dragging it back to its burrow, which was hidden in the ivy.

By: Dianer Flanigan

Dianer Flanigan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:05:07 +0000

I live in Brentwood in the South Hills and I have seen a few fireflies, not many and have what seems like two crickets singing in my front yard. My butterfly bush is not as busy as it was two summers ago. A few Swallowtails, a Monarch, skip jacks. My big surprise this year has been Honey Bees! I don’t know where their hive is, but they are all over my flower garden. I haven’t seen them for years.

By: Karen Kovalchick

Karen Kovalchick — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:33:29 +0000

I have seen far fewer Japanese beetles this year than last year as well as fewer fireflies and have not yet heard a cicada this year. I also noticed a marked decline in spring peeper singing this past spring.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:02:50 +0000

I’ve been regularly hearing crickets for about a month here in Bloomfield (listening to one right now), but no cicadas yet.

By: Carlton Groff

Carlton Groff — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:28:24 +0000

Southern Lancaster County. Still waiting for cicadas, crickets and Japanese beetles scarce, number of butterflies has greatly increased in the last week.

By: faith Cornell

faith Cornell — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:42:13 +0000

I’m a fan of old B 50s monster films. It was always a dire warning when you couldn’t hear the crickets or birds or see insects. So mmmmm!!!! It is amusing tho. WE all complain when there are too many bugs on the trails when we walk but when they aren’t there we worry. Good stewards of the land we are we hope. Faith C.

By: Traci

Traci — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:35:50 +0000

Heard them last night walking home from Arsenal Park in Lawrenceville – but not very many.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:27:54 +0000

I too heard some cicadas Fri night only 12 hours after posting that I hadn’t hear any. There were not a lot of them so I am waiting to see what happens tonight. And still no crickets. Hmmm.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:27:03 +0000

I had observed the same and commented to my family. Around July 10 I found one on my sidewalk that was partially “hatched” but appeared to be stuck in the process. It was dead and I wondered if the late hatch was because of defective nymphs. There are a few cicadas that have been singing the past 2 days. Doesn’t seem like as many as in the past.