Ever see a locust up close ?

[Beachnutt]

I took this a little bit ago

[rampartc]

1. that, my friend, is a cicada.

nice close up.

[Beachnutt]

2. Two of them out by my swing in the yard

[rampartc]

4. no broods scheduled for 2022

but brood x "stragglers" have been spotted in northern va/md as well as southern indiana and ohio.

i've got some great recipes if you'd like to try .

[Gaugamela]

3. Having grown up in the Midwest I can attest that the word locust

is frequently used colloquially to refer to cicadas.

The term is used differently in different places. Sometimes, it refers to smaller grasshoppers. In North America, the words locust and grasshopper are often used interchangeably, with locust less commonly applied to cicadas.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/cicada-vs-locust/

[rampartc]

5. +1

they sure swarm like the biblical plague.

[IA8IT]

6. Having grown up in the Midwest I agree and it makes me nuts.

[Gaugamela]

11. "The Purist":

I give you now Professor Twist,
A conscientious scientist,
Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!"
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside,
One day he missed his loving bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
"You mean," he said, "a crocodile."

~Ogden Nash

[Kali]

10. out west they don't really swarm or have periodic broods

as kids we called them bzzz bugs, and they are a sign of summer. usually start singing at the first really hot days in May.

[Kali]

9. ...

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. I never knew they weren't locusts until

my mid twenties.

[2naSalit]

8. How to tell the difference...

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/cicadas-vs-locusts-whats-the-difference/