I really want the cicadas to just go away now...anyone who doesn't live in the Brood X cicada zone, consider yourselves lucky... I mean, OK, the concept is fascinating (living underground 17 years), and they're neat at first, but then it's like "shut up and stop flying into my windshield and making it intolerable to eat/spend long periods of time outside." The decibels of them "singing" (mating call) together has been recorded as similar to a jet engine flying overhead or a lawnmower. And it's pretty constant during the day. Just mate already and be done with it! /crankyLT