Cicada Invasion: DC, NoVA Residents Snap Pics Of Insects [Photos]

VIRGINIA/DC — What a difference a week makes! Cicadas were at their peak a week ago, with mating calls reaching near 100 decibels.

The insects are not raising as much of a ruckus this week, but they continue to buzz by people's faces and land on their necks.

While most cicadas have 13-year life cycles, Brood X is one of several periodical cicadas that emerge from the ground every 17 years. This year's brood started hatching in early to mid-May, when the soil temperature began to reach about 65 degrees.

With mid-June here, some experts are saying the cicadas are past their peak in the D.C. area.

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In some areas of Northern Virginia, readers are noting that they have not seen any cicadas. One reader in Manassas said she has been awaiting their arrival, but they never showed up. "I live in Manassas and still have not seen or heard signs of a single cicada anywhere in or around Manassas," she said.

In other areas of the D.C. area, cicadas are showing up in droves. Patch readers have been taking wonderful photos since the cicadas started appearing last month. Here's Patch's latest batch of cicadas, with their red eyes and large orange wings, taken by our readers.

Feel free to keep sending us your photos, and we will continue to publish them. Scroll to the end of the article to find out how to submit a photo. Enjoy!

Photo taken in a backyard in Ashburn on tomato plant on June 10. (Courtesy of Kathy Soppet)

Photo of a cicada taken in Kimberly Connell's front yard in Falls Church on June 10. (Courtesy of Kimberly Connell)

Cicada editing college admission essay. Taken on June 4 in Fairfax. (Courtesy of Mike Newell)

Photo taken in Fairfax. (Courtesy of Heather Philbin)

Photo taken on June 11 at 10777 Main Street in Fairfax at the Kelly Square Building. (Courtesy of Bambi Michael)

Photo taken in late May in the Wakefield Chapel subdivision near the Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale. (Courtesy of Carol Dandy)

Photo taken in late May in the Wakefield Chapel subdivision near the Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale. Carol Dandy, the photographer, explains that gardening is very difficult when cicadas jump on your neck, your arm, your hair and the trowel and then land inside the bag of potting soil. (Courtesy of Carol Dandy)

Photos taken in Burke on May 18. (Courtesy of Carlie Ross)

Photo taken in the Parklawn community of Franconia on May 16. (Courtesy of Susan Bird)

(Courtesy of Edye Clark)

Photo taken in a backyard in Falls Church on June 4. (Courtesy of Amber Westland)

Photo of cicada at the National Cathedral in D.C. on May 21 inside the Bishop’s Garden. (Courtesy of Faith Angove)

Cicada emerging from exoskeleton in Centreville on May 25. (Courtesy of Michelle Shapiro)

Photo taken in Yorkshire in north-central Prince William County on May 16. (Courtesy of AJ)

We're looking for your best images of the cicadas. Email your cicada photos to virginia@patch.com.

Be sure to include your name, the city, location of the photo and date.

Note: Only submit photos that you have taken yourself or own the copyright to. By submitting your photo to this callout, you are granting Patch the right to re-publish it on any and all Patch sites.

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