Is it just me or are cicadas louder this year?

Here it was 2 years ago they were crazy. It's not nearly as loud this year in central TN.

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I thought last year was supposed to be the super cicada year.

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Those were periodical cicadas, and were only in certain areas. They were deafening where we are last year, and we had three different species coming out.

What you're hearing now are annual cicadas. They seem to have had a better year this year than the past few, but they never have the numbers that periodicals have, because they just don't need to have those numbers.

Last year in central Alabama they were the loudest I’ve ever heard. I could hear them over the lawn mower in certain area’s.

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cicadas louder this year

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If you listen closely, they're screaming out the forecasted crawfish prices for next season.

The ones in my area started out pretty quiet this year, but as summer has progressed they've gotten deafening. I love it. I find it relaxing. I live on a wooded lot, bordered by more woods, so I think I get more than the average suburbanite.

Some of last year's crop of periodicals.

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Heard them in Asheville in May. First time hearing them like that. It sounded like a natural gas pipeline hum.

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You all had Brood XIV emergence this Spring. That's a 17 year cicada. If you hear them in the Spring months they are no doubt periodical cicadas. They're gone by the time of annual cicada emergence in the Summer months.

CicadaMania Brood XIV

I’d rather hear cicadas than gunshots

My tinnitus sounds like cicadas.

Gum's gotten mintier lately. Have you noticed?