At 8:20 on Sunday evening, June 12, Aaron and I heard the year’s first Annual Cicadas for our block in south Oak Park, Illinois.
We posted the details on our new blog, Neighborhood Nature: http://neighborhoodnature.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/we-just-heard-our-first-annual-cicadas-of-2009/
July 26th, 2009 at 6:21 pm The Cicadas are infesting Lafayette, Louisiana, now July 2009, basically all over Louisiana! They are harming our trees, eating thier leaves, and new expensive landscaping looks like a bunch of tumbleweeds. People across the US and the world need to know these insects that have a life time longer than any other insect, including roaches are becoming more, viral! (mutating) Our only alternative is to “net” these monsters that bite people with their jaws that extended. Does anyone know of a way to exterminate these insects, inclusive of by way of airplane extermination?
July 28th, 2009 at 8:38 am Check with your state’s Extension office: http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/administration/about_us/extension/ There will be a contact person you can call or email for your region: http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/regions/ They should have information and advice appropriate to your area. Good luck — but it sounds like there may be more than cicadas producing the damage if it’s that extensive.