How loud will the cicadas be? Somewhere between a vacuum cleaner and a leaf blower PennLive.com 1 hr ago Marcus Schneck, pennlive.com
Whether you anticipate the upcoming song of the soon-to-emerge 17-year periodical cicada as the melody of a massive natural event or a buzzing drone that will disrupt your enjoyment of the outdoors, the sound itself is just days away.
After the billions of Brood X cicadas finally begin to emerge, which will be any day now, it will be another 5 days or so until the males start singing to attract mates.
And when they begin vibrating their tymbals – rigid, drum-like membranes on the male insect’s abdomen - they will be delivering a noise level of 85 to 90 decibels and even more.