MDOsprey,

My local house sparrows are teaming up to take them down.  And the robins
are catching them in flight and racing back to their nest.  I am finding
dozens of just-wings a day in my yard.

I understood they emerged just before dawn as well, but I was out in a field
behind my house last night about midnight to find gobs  of cicadas just
emerging.  Interestingly, I thought the first one I saw was albino, but then
realized all of them were white with red eyes.

In case you're planning on eating them...
http://www.urhome.umd.edu/newsdesk/pdf/cicada%20recipes.PDF


Jordan Wilkerson
Cloverly, MD
Montgomery County



 -----Original Message-----
From:   Bob Mumford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Subject:        [MDOSPREY] Off topic: Periodic Cicadas

Two quick questions, for those who know:

1. I take it the cicadas emerge just about dawn and have turned black and
hard within an hour, right?

2. Do all cicadas in a small area emerge the same day, or over a period of a
few days...or even longer?