Originally Posted by
indyfabz
They tend to hang out in trees. I was on a long ride in Lancaster and Lebanon Counties 17 years ago. At one point I thought I was hearing an ambulance. Turned out to be cicadas.
Ha, I thought I was hearing a house alarm.
I had zero encounters, as indyfabz says, they're in the trees, not flying around like a cloud of locusts. You may see one flying around very occasionally, but it isn't common. You're much more likely to hit a bee than a cicada.