Cicadas feel the chill and have shut down, but they'll bounce back.

[elleng]

Temperatures in the Washington region Saturday afternoon, stuck between 50 and 55 degrees, are about as cold as they get at this time of year. Does this unseasonable weather endanger cicadas?

They’re certainly feeling the chill, but should be okay.

The insects have stopped chorusing, mating and flying. For the most part, they are clinging to trees motionless. On Saturday morning in Oakton, there was no cicada noise. On Thursday, it had surged to an almost deafening 89 decibels.

“The cold spell will certainly dampen activity, and there will be attrition,” Daniel Gruner, a professor of entomology at the University of Maryland, wrote in an email. “But they’ll hunker down and bounce back when it warms again.” >>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/05/29/cold-weather-cicadas/?

[Deep State Witch]

1. Yeah, I noticed that earlier today

I was out running errands earlier today. NO cicada sounds! It was great after the auditory assault of the past week!

[soothsayer]

2. I feel bad for them. Really bad luck in weather here

[Wicked Blue]

3. There's one clinging to the window screen by my desk

It does not seem happy.

I wish I could give it a tiny sweater to wear.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. I remember them in '87 I think it was, but 2004? Zip. /nt

[IronLionZion]

5. WaPo has a dog that won't stop eating cicadas

So Max has to wear a mask since it makes him sick.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/05/28/cicadas-dog-humor/