My turn to vent.........Cicadas!

So it is my turn to vent about the attack of the cicadas. I suppose it is worth documenting the disgustingness of it all. For those of you NOT in Kentucky this is merely for your pity. So last Thursday they were not around my yard. They were in other neighborhoods and along the freeway. You can hear them going 70 miles per hour with the radio and AC going. They are THAT loud. But Friday or Saturday the cicada infestation came to my house and trees. They swarm everywhere and are all over the trees. We are all deathly afraid of them. They don't bite or anything they are just loud and annoying. They fly right into your face and these suckers are BIG. Then if you are just innocently walking in the yard thinking that they aren't around, you will happen on one and it will buzz at you so loud that you almost wet your pants. Once, Ryan pulled the garbage out to the front yard, passing a tree infested with them, and they went bonkers flying all over the place. I mean there were probably 2 million in just that one tree. I was out weeding and screamed and duct for cover. I used an umbrella to guard me when I had to run out to our shed. My kids are terrified of them, probably because they see me scream anytime one gets near me. I mean seriously why so many of them. Do they WANT to be the most hated bug by the human race? They are approaching beating out my number one hated bug....ants. At least these guys only come every 17 years. But why did it have to be one of the years I was actually living here. This for sure puts a time limit on how long I can live in KY. I max out at 16 years and then I'm out. I can't do this again.

Facts I shouldn't know about this insect but do because they have overtaken Kentucky.

• The cicada is related to the harvest fly.
• Some cicada's live underground for seventeen years.
• The cicada grows up to three inches.
• Cicadas suck juice from tree roots when they are larva.
• Once the female cicada comes above ground, she mates. Then she lays her eggs and dies.
• The cicada can lay four hundred to six hundred eggs.
• The adult cicada lives in trees.•Adult cicadas live for thirty to forty days.
• A cicada can chirp so loud you can hear it from half a mile away.

The tree in my yard.

Up close and GROSSING OUT!!!

Okay here is a video so you can see and hear them. Turn your volume up. They sound like static a little that gets louder and softer. It is insane how noisy they are. Look close and you will see them flying around. They almost seem like moths flying around a light. Please be grossed out and feel sorry for me.