Cicadas, (Seriously this time)

Ear plugs or move to WA

GGgggrrrrr

Someone with more knowledge the I will (hopefully) be able to tell you the exact details but there are two reasons you get a lot of cicada noise.

1. The number of cicadas is to do with rain at the right time of the year assisting with hatching.

2. The temperature has to be above a certain level before they start to scratch their back legs against their wings to 'sing'.

Year round no rain and cold weather or a move to a cool climate should fix the problem :-))

Cut down all the trees , poison the soil and problem solved .

I may be way off track here, but apparently the noise you are experiencing only occurs every 5 - 7 years. Something to do with the breeding life cycle of the things. We had been camping at our favourite spot in vic high country for years then one christmas we couldn't hear each other talk the cicadas were so loud. At the end of the trip our ears were still ringing on the way home. Spoke to locals who explained the cycle. Sure enough, next year was peaceful again (just the usual low level cicada hum)...

They're tough líl buggers. Can burrow out of the ground that I can't push a shovel into. The gound here has been as tough as concrete....

I have Cicada Tinnitus in my head. Not a nice thing to experience and there is no cure. But it dissipates when one is thinking.

Come to think of it, I can hear it now, so I can't be doing much thinking whilst here on EO....LOL

Earplugs, Ipod, drink more lol, i know you know how to do that, or go on holidays untill they stop.

Baz.

get a cat - they kill everything else

Jeff, as others have said its worse some years than others. There is but one cure, and that is to find something that drownds the sound out.

Not only have we got heaps of Cicadas but stink bugs every where too!
They are crawling around all over floor in the hospital. PoooWeee!

G'day Jeff
One of the many wonerful bush sounds!
Cheers from the Moose

Hi Jeff,

Has anyone actually tried taking their speakers outside, warned the neighbours and then given the little buggers a taste of their own medicine at 300 decibels ?

Another potential solution from outside the box is those scare air guns. Don't know their proper name but they use them in orchards etc to scare the birds off. Powered by compressed air I believe and all they do is randomly let rip with a loud bang.

PS: If you are near one of those air guns don't drink booze ... you may find your occupational reflexes will deposit you in the nearest dead ground or behind something solid ..... lol

Cheers ... Taz

Its only for a couple of months!!

It reminds me its summer.

Happy Days