imagine being on dispatch when the calls start coming in.... "no, ma'am we cannot do "police brutality" on the cicads..." personally I would not be able to resist the urge to tell callers that its the cicada's first amendment right to peacefully assemble...

It's probably old boomers.

that's gonna take an awful lot of buckshot! lol

Bring out the flamethrower, duh.

Round up lol 😂

I use it in my sound therapy machine actually - cicada and cricket sounds really help with the tinnitus.

In small numbers yes.

I'm a gardener. It didn't seem to bother me at all until I turned my head back for a drink of water and became dizzy. My inner ear was damaged from the sound and I'm better each day thank God. For about 5 days if I moved my head or layer back everything would spin. Since then, I physically cannot handle the sound anymore. I get dizzy and nauseated. I've been inside until the late afternoon when they die off. I hope I fully recover soon.

They actually been called the same animal for hundreds of years. No locusts in the Americas

​@@iguesssActually I hate to break it to you but that's wrong and it's a misconception and it's something that's been lied to people in America for decades now Locust Misconceptions: The Truth Behind Grasshoppers The misconception that the United States does not have locusts is a prevalent but unfounded one. In reality, the US is home to over 650 species of locusts that belong to the family Acrididae. This family includes numerous grasshopper species found across the country. The misunderstanding arises from a lack of clarity about the scientific definitions of locusts and grasshoppers. While many people believe locusts and grasshoppers are separate types of insects that belong to different families, they are actually the same creature. All grasshoppers belong to the family Acrididae and are technically locusts. However, the term "locust" is often reserved for grasshopper species that exhibit swarming behavior and cause widespread damage to crops. This distinction leads to further confusion, as not all grasshopper species display these traits of swarming and destruction. In the United States, most native grasshopper species do not swarm or significantly impact agricultural fields. Their behaviors differ from locust plagues seen in other parts of the world. It is important to understand that "locust" is simply a name given to grasshoppers that swarm in large numbers and ravage crops. But swarming is not a defining characteristic of the species. All grasshoppers are locusts by scientific classification, regardless of their individual behaviors. The same family, Acrididae, includes both destructive swarming grasshoppers and less impactful solitary species found across the US. Therefore, claiming American grasshoppers cannot be locusts due to their lack of swarming goes against biological facts. The misconception is also perpetuated by the minimal damage caused by native grasshoppers in the US compared to other regions. This is likely due to effective pest control using natural predators and pesticides, which help regulate grasshopper populations below swarming thresholds. However, in years with optimal conditions, occasional small outbreaks can still occur. the idea that the US has no locusts is an incorrect assumption based on misunderstandings of scientific definitions. All grasshoppers are locusts by taxonomic classification. While American species may differ in behaviors from their counterparts overseas, they still belong to the same Acrididae family. It is important to recognize grasshoppers and locusts as variations of the same creature rather than separate groups to avoid perpetuating misconceptions.

Just be grateful they're not Locutius. #ResistanceIsFutile

@@OfficialDJTasawennateken you missed my point. “Locusts” from the Bible fly, grasshoppers dont. They called what we call cicadas today, locusts back then

Why that are they bad ?

I would go insane and leave the state as fast as possible 😂

Not much else you can do...there's billions of them! 😅

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​@@SuzetteRobertsonexactly.😊 They are considered a delicacie in many countries.

​@@txy-kurtsversion I just pray they don't come inside my house! 😳😨

The birds will poop.

...........Incoming.........

Imagine waiting 17 yrs to come out of hiding only to get eaten immediately 😵‍💫

Chocolate dipping sauce

And chickens too

He didn’t say he was afraid it.

They think it's car alarms 🤣

Americans 🙄

I agree their isn't a cell small enough

People are idiots

@@SuzetteRobertson LOL

This hasn’t happened since 1803 It’s not the same when we were young This is Trillions on Trillions I enjoy them but my backyard and outside my house has thousands walking to my car, thousands. & the sound vibrates my house. It’s not a swarm it’s an invasion lol. I got to work & few came out of my bag lol.

@@natex4398 Oh no! Yes it’s too much of a good thing. I haven’t seen one since the 1980s but I wouldn’t want as many as you’re dealing with. 😊

Yes, it's coming

First came the plague of democrats

Bible says locusts

Space lasers

They arent invasive species, they’re newcomers

Me too. I don't know I'd want thousands to invade my veranda though.

Unfortunately there's a lot of people scared of bugs and end up getting hurt or killing themselves.... Freak and panic over a big noisy ugly bug....

I like turtles

​@@simonstevenson6686I like grasshoppers.

@@bobbyadkins6983 Back when I was a kid, we had a grasshopper-pocalypse. It was horrible. We literally had to rake grasshoppers out of our lawn, so I can empathize with those getting invaded by cicadas.

No not idiots..... MAWMAWS!

Lol

The corrupt electoral college could have never installed tRump without the help of southerners

must be a democrat state

You must be a special type

😂😂😂😂

Noise Complaint

oh! well if all that’s happening, then definitely panic

I'll just have to take your word for it. 😬

they’re bulky, clumsy flyers with few self-preservation skills other than always being right next to a hundred more of them

@@WeeWeeJumbo , I have a sound meter and they peaked at around 73 db. Oddly, I've found more dead ones around the stores in town than around the house. I guess there's fewer birds around wally world.

You sound like a spokesperson for the WEF!! 🤣🤣

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​@@Batman78488 World Economic Forum

Not cicada..

Excellent ideas.😊

Yeah they become a normal everyday sound to me. They're not a problem at all until one of the really loud ones start screeching right outside my window at night when I'm trying to sleep. Then I start wishing I had a pet cicada killer lol

The newslady said they were in South Carolina while reporting at the gazebo .

@@mizzury54 oh ok

I live in Alabama and haven’t seen one yet.

that is because you are all too occupied being trump supports carrying flags and guns to notice

@@JF-jb2lnThey probably cannot thrive in humid climates. Alabama is humid, isn’t it?

@@AndySaenz924 Pretty sure they started here it says in the clip. I used to see them a lot as a child. Hasn’t got too hot yet though. It’s coming in a few weeks or so.

Not that I remember but what they do leave, creeps some people out. When they come up from the ground they shed their skin so their wings can unfurl. It comes off in one piece. So u have perfect bug shaped skins stuck everywhere on trees etc. As kids we'd go around crunching the skins.

FYI I don't think they eat.... they come up to breed then they die. Most of their lives are spent underground.

these aren’t locusts, they don’t ravage crops or spread disease, they don’t bite and they have no stinger, in fact they do nothing bad