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I saw a report where different types of different broods of cicadas come out at different frequencies. This year is somewhat of an anomaly and they are literally expecting a TRILLION cicadas to surface.
2024 is a special year for periodical cicadas:- For the first time since 2015 a 13-year brood will emerge in the same year as a 17-year brood.
- For the first time since 1998 adjacent 13-and 17-year broods will emerge in the same year.
- For the first time since 1803 Brood XIX and XIII will co-emerge.
- You will be able to see all seven named periodical cicada species as adults in the same year, which will not happen again until 2037.
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Been warning my dad that this year may be rough on the dogs. Their house is surrounded by white oaks and each summer copperheads will migrate to oak flats to feed. After dark we can walk the homesite and shoot a few a night. Each dog will show up with a softball sized swell on their mouth or paws which usually sparks a late night hunt. Can be fun times but makes us nervous when we find them on the doorsteps or by the truck.
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Originally posted by AJMag View PostBeen warning my dad that this year may be rough on the dogs. Their house is surrounded by white oaks and each summer copperheads will migrate to oak flats to feed. After dark we can walk the homesite and shoot a few a night. Each dog will show up with a softball sized swell on their mouth or paws which usually sparks a late night hunt. Can be fun times but makes us nervous when we find them on the doorsteps or by the truck.
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Don’t think you’re safe just because you live in town either. We live in the smack middle of town and 3 years ago I came within an inch or two of stepping on a copperhead in our backyard flowerbeds. I was wearing flip flops and he moved just enough for me to see him and GTFO. The concern of finding a copperhead there never even crossed my mind before that.
The flower bed was under one of our large oak trees that’s covered in cicadas each year.
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