....and you are telling me they only show up every 17 years? If not,
read my post again.

Steve




Grandpa wrote:

They most definately do thrive in NM, regardless of what the maps show.
They LOVE our Cottonwood trees and often haunt our parks and along
the Rio Grande as both have loads of Cottonwoods. Those maps are
probably derived from some idiot who thinks NM is a foreign country!

Steve wrote:

Of course, you shouldn't have any 17 year (or even 13 year) cicadas
there. You are not in their range and neither am I:
http://members.fortunecity.com/cicad...9/235d16b0.jpg
We both DO have other cicadas that show up later in the summer, every
year.

Steve in the Adirondacks of northern NY