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Periodic Cicadas was New Garden from Lawn
simy1 said:
As I understand it, periodic cicadas feed almost exclusively on young tree branches and twigs. I don't think your lettuce is as risk from them, although slugs and earwigs may end up being your nemesis. sorry to double. http://www.msj.edu/cicada/ gives the map coverage of cicada Brood X emergence (now only days away). Looks like Ann Arbor is at the very edge of the range. This is definitely something every nature-lover should try to experience at least once in their lives. In town or suburbia is not the best place for a heavy emergence. I will never forget the experience of being at Turkey Run State Park in Indiana at the height of the buzzing frenzy (34 years ago). The aftermath (as far as the trees were concerned) was an overall, fairly well distributed pruning back of the upper branches. It must have been a fat year for much of the wildlife... -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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Periodic Cicadas was New Garden from Lawn
simy1 said:
(Pat Kiewicz) wrote in message news:IcidnedI7PDBLwHdRVn-tA@comc ast.com... actually I got that site from the article on the Economist, science and Tech section. and there they say that suburbs help cicadas, who prefer the roots of younger trees ( such as those found in suburbs). We didn't have them in-town in Indiana -- only out in the parks, as far as I can remember (and I think I would have noticed them in town if they were there in any number). You would need to be in an area that had been at least lightly treed two cycles ago and fairly undisturbed since. I'd think any place that went over to a typical subdivision (stripped and platted) in the last 17 years would be cicada-free. Also places where most of the lawns get treated with pesticide on a regular basis... Also of interest the evolutionary explanation of why all these broods choose prime numbers for their periodic emergence (13 or 17 yrs). Where you around here in 1987, Pat? Are we in or out? I lived in Shelby Township in Macomb County in 1987; didn't notice any there. Maybe we'll have some here; I'm in an old sub and we back up to parkland. -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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