@Bloom : I have only heard the dang bull frogs and thunder!

@Cbear : And you're thinking, 'That's enough!' We don't need no bugs singing.

@Bloom , with a little luck, those little suckers'll drown. They make the most annoying fingernails-on-blackboard racket.

@otto : I agree! That's why I was concerned when I thought I heard them.

@Bloom : They are so loud.. even worse when they are mating!

Are there any here? Or many?

@Jt88888888 : From what I've read, there will be. I really don't think they're here yet.

I hate those things. When I lived in Louisiana, my DH and I were going to a restaurant that was down a long road. I remember there was thousands of them on the road and you could just hear them crunch when you drove the car over ..it was so disgusting. I have never seen them since then. But I know they're coming here soon.

@Sweetie , @Bloom , @Cbear : I hope this link isn't behind a paywall. The map shows that the two broods expected this year are mostly north and east of Texas. We'll get some, but not a lot.www.nytimes.com/inte ractive/2024/science /cicada-maps.html

@Bloom :
Ewwwwww, they can give me nightmares just thinking about them. They are just too ugly and noisy!

@Chef99 : I agree! But they should soon be here....

@Sweetie : They really are gross. Loud and big too!

@otto : I hope you are right friend. I was imagning and invasion of those evil creatures right after a hurricane or bad storm happened. Dreadful thought!