Preparing for cicada

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We planted a lot of apparently vulnerable shrubs last Spring and Fall. We will be netting them in a couple of weeks.

You can buy nets on Amazon and put them on mid to late April.

You don’t need to do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We planted a lot of apparently vulnerable shrubs last Spring and Fall. We will be netting them in a couple of weeks.

You can buy nets on Amazon and put them on mid to late April.

You don’t need to do that.

Apparently, they will injure some young foliage. They don't eat leaves, but for young twigs, they can pierce them and suck the sap. PP may need to net her particular shrub - if only to prevent it from getting brown spots where twigs have died.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was some sort of caterpillar infestation in NY in the 70's (gypsy moths??) and my mom offered my a nickel for every one that I picked off her plants. When I brought her bags and bags of wriggly, half dead caterpillars in plastic bread bags, she refused to check my math and just handed me whatever I said I was owed. I remember carefully picking up each one with a stick and dumping it into my bag.

Just a thought if you want to keep your kids busy for a while.

Paying them to bag cicadas? Why not pay them to bag rocks?

Paying kids to collect rocks is also common? I’ve paid kids to collect all kinds of things. Seashells. Walnuts.

We didn’t get paid, but my siblings and I had a cicada shell collection contest. Only the shells counted, not the dying bugs. It was an amazing summer.

[Anonymous]

I’m looking forward to seeing people lose their minds over a bunch of harmless bugs.

[Anonymous]

So are cicadas dangerous to flowers or vegetables in a garden?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So are cicadas dangerous to flowers or vegetables in a garden?

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We planted a lot of apparently vulnerable shrubs last Spring and Fall. We will be netting them in a couple of weeks.

You can buy nets on Amazon and put them on mid to late April.

You don’t need to do that.

Apparently, they will injure some young foliage. They don't eat leaves, but for young twigs, they can pierce them and suck the sap. PP may need to net her particular shrub - if only to prevent it from getting brown spots where twigs have died.

They’ll be fine without netting.