From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Cicadas
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 12:17:12 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:10 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Cicadas

> We've seen a few empty chrysalis shells, but no live cicadas.  Haven't
> heard anything yet, either.  But I remember the last time.

I started hearing them yesterday, and one flew into me while I was picking
up the paper this morning.  It was the first I've seen here.

I've lived through a number of these 17 year cycles, and they've never been
That Big A Deal.   I worry mostly about the egg-laying damaging plants
(deciduous azaleas) in my yard.   We shall see.

--Ted White