12-24-2010, 07:07 AM
Are you sure it isn't helicopters? ;P
Birds of Puna...
I've seen cicadas here, though not the huge, beastly ones like AZ gets. They're a lot smaller, only about 1/2". If it is cicadas, then they are seasonal. And actually pretty phenomenal little critters. They wriggle around under the ground for seven years in complete darkness, then coccoon, transform completely and pop out of the ground, climbing and splitting and crawling out of their shell and climbing some more... once they transform they don't eat ever again. Just sing and mate. The ones in AZ were more like 3" long x 1" wide, pistachio green and their faces looked like the grill of an old Chevy.
If it is cicadas, they'll go away soon and in the meantime, you'll get used to the sound in no time. Just be thankful they aren't those big ones in AZ or Australia. Could also be crickets, grasshoppers or ...???
Birds of Puna...
I've seen cicadas here, though not the huge, beastly ones like AZ gets. They're a lot smaller, only about 1/2". If it is cicadas, then they are seasonal. And actually pretty phenomenal little critters. They wriggle around under the ground for seven years in complete darkness, then coccoon, transform completely and pop out of the ground, climbing and splitting and crawling out of their shell and climbing some more... once they transform they don't eat ever again. Just sing and mate. The ones in AZ were more like 3" long x 1" wide, pistachio green and their faces looked like the grill of an old Chevy.
If it is cicadas, they'll go away soon and in the meantime, you'll get used to the sound in no time. Just be thankful they aren't those big ones in AZ or Australia. Could also be crickets, grasshoppers or ...???
Melissa Fletcher
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