Thanks to Jed and Olivia for passing on from Little Pearl:
“I am writing to inform you that we have decided to pause service at Little Pearl for 4 weeks starting May 10th in preparation for “Cicada Season”. As we tried to get as creative as possible to combat them this year, we know in good faith that a single 100 decibel cicada will ruin anyone’s dinner experience, a “tsunami” of them will be impossible to control. Read More
Thanks to Sara for sending: “First signs of the cicadas on my front steps in SW DC! I love to garden — thankfully I’m not afraid of crunchy bugs! Read More
Photo by Christopher Wood
Thanks to Christopher for sharing last night: “He’s out” Read More
“Dear PoPville,
Hi neighbors! This will be my first experience with the influx of cicadas and wanted to hear any advice on prepping my garden? I completely redid my front yard 6 months ago (including new tree/shrubs/flowers) and heard while they do not eat plants, they can still destroy them.
A majority of us have cleaned up our yards with the new season and was wondering if anyone put netting on new plants in preparation? Some gardening sites have said to do so.”
another readers asks: Read More
Thanks to D S of sending from Mount Vernon Triangle:
“It begins… #cicadas
I was just vibing on our thin patch of backyard earth beneath an elm tree. All day long I’ve thought the birds were super animated and now I notice all these dime sized holes… I start poking around and found a few that haven’t been eaten. But there are easily 2 dozen holes.” Read More
Jon writes: “I was in West Virginia this weekend, started seeing cicadas crawling out of the ground. Get ready DC…”
And thanks to Drew for sending the photo above: “My girlfriend went to clean off a paver in our backyard in Anacostia and found these Brood X larvae underneath it.”
Photo by District Shots
Thanks to Agnes for sharing last night:
“NOT A DRILL: Cicadas are here
Interrupted by this solo #broodx early-starter in Petworth tonight. I’d forgotten just how loud these things can get.” Read More
“Dear PoPville,
My son and I were working compost deep into out little garden a few weeks ago in Mt Pleasant (where a plum tree once stood) and came across this dude. We think is a brood X late nymph stage? Read More
Yuri writes last week:
“We were walking through Fort Reno park and the grass was alive with emerging cicada nymphs. Here are some photographs of one that emerged an hour or two ago. These appear to be a different species than the ones that typically emerge in June/July.”
If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
More photos after the jump. Read More
After a false alarm in May – Behold the cicada plague of 2013. Thanks to a reader for sending a photo of the infestation above at 15th and P St, NW.
