Cicadas

"Grounded due to rain." (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

Cicada 12.jpg Freshly molted vs. a few hours old (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

Cicada 05.jpg Silhouetted. (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

Cicada 06.jpg Hanging around on a mock orange (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

"Don't think Bella likes them!" (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

"Lucy and Raven like them too." (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

(Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

"Max loves eating cicadas." (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

"Clifton, Fairfax County." (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

Cicada 07.jpg On a bunny statue (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

"Found this guy (or girl) hanging out on my back door. They're here ..." (Provided by John Jordan)

Provided by John Jordan

"Underside, new adult." (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

"New adult." (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

"Thursday morning. Not the smartest place to hang out." (Provided by Edward Shipley)

Provided by Edward Shipley

"At night you can hear the nymphs crawling." (Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by Lisa Andrews Holt

"Cicadas are singing up a storm in the Great Mills area of St. Mary's County. These are their molts (shells)." (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

WTOP/Michelle Basch

"My first 2013 cicada." (Provided by Kelly Price)

Provided by Kelly Price

Spotsylvania, Va. (Provided by Raymond Rhoderick )

Provided by Raymond Rhoderick

Provided by Kristina Forbess.

WTOP's Neal Augenstein gives a tutorial on how to send us a photo of cicadas.

Lauren Smith saw this cicada in Spotsylvania County, Va. (Provided by Lauren Smith)

Provided by Lauren Smith

Mark Fine in Fauquier County saw a cicada climbing out of a hole. Now they're on his tree leaves. (Provided by Mark Fine)

Provided by Mark Fine

Kristina D'Ambrosino in Alexandria says she expects this will be "the first of many" cicadas in her neighborhood. (Provided by Kristina D'Ambrosino)

Provided by Kristina D'Ambrosino

I have several trees with this many and more at the bottom in Nokesville, Va. (Provided by Carol McGuire)

Provided by Carol McGuire

Cicadas in Nokesville, VA (Provided by Carol McGuire )

Provided by Carol McGuire

They have come back in Springfield, Va. (Provided by Joe Montoya)

Provided by Joe Montoya

"OMGoodness. The CICADAS are here. They are covering the tires of one of our SMCPS teacher's car tire." (Provided by Michael J. Martirano, superintendent of St. Mary's County Public Schools)

Don't look up! In Spotsylvania, Va. (Provided by Raymond Rhoderick )

Provided by Raymond Rhoderick

KaryForth_IMG_1298.jpg Hundreds were in action Friday night in our Haymarket front yard. (Provided by Kary Forth )

Provided by Kary Forth

KaryForth_IMG_1281small.jpg Friday afternoon. (Provided by Kary Forth )

Provided by Kary Forth

Cicada The D.C. region will be spared from this year's brood 5 cicada invasion, but other states along the East Coast won't be so lucky. The bugs are expected to make their 2016 appearance at the end of May. (Photo provided by Kate Brown )

Photo provided by Kate Brown

Cicada 03.jpg Cicada on a fence (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

Cicada 09.jpg More cicadas on the fence (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

Cicada 10.jpg Nymph husk (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

Cicada 11.jpg Owner of the husk (I think!) (Provided by Kate Brown )

Provided by Kate Brown

In Manassas (Provided by Kristen Reynolds )

Provided by Kristen Reynolds

Cicada on tree Rixeyville VA (Provided by Melissa Ranslem)

Provided by Melissa Ranslem

Cicada (Provided by Chris Rinehart)

Provided by Chris Rinehart

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Cicada in final exoskeleton shedding. (Provided by Ellen Perkins)

Provided by Ellen Perkins

Plant covered in cicada (Provided by Matt_T)

Provided by Matt_T

Kailey the Cicada Hunter scores a catch in Bristow VA (Provided by Colleen Ryan Smith)

Provided by Colleen Ryan Smith

New cicadas still emerging every day. Lisa Andrews Holt tweeted this photo May 24. (Provided by @Soccermama87 Lisa Andrews Holt)

Provided by @Soccermama87 Lisa Andrews Holt

New cicadas still emerging every day. Lisa Andrews Holt tweeted this photo May 24. (Provided by @Soccermama87 Lisa Andrews Holt )

Provided by @Soccermama87 Lisa Andrews Holt

Kenia Mendoza sent WTOP this photo of her kids "having a blast catching cicadas." (Courtesy of Kenia Mendoza/Twitter)

Courtesy of Kenia Mendoza/Twitter

Cicada coming out of shell/Rixeyville VA (Provided by Melissa Ranslem)

Provided by Melissa Ranslem

dare devil! (Provided by Stewart and new friend )

Provided by Stewart and new friend

Cicada nestling in my Spotsylvania garden. (Provided by Vicki Lindberg)

Provided by Vicki Lindberg

A cicada warms its wings on a fence. (Provided by Christina Bennett)

Provided by Christina Bennett

A loose cicada hangs out on a window in South Riding, Va. (Provided by Nathan Ashworth)

Provided by Nathan Ashworth

Cicadas (Provided by Tam Ngo)

Provided by Tam Ngo

One noisy cicada (Provided by Matt)

Provided by Matt

Cicada on tree branch at Julia J. Metz Wetlands Bank in Woodbridge (Provided by Jim Facciolli)

Provided by Jim Facciolli

Cicada invasion! (Provided by Jean Trochanowski )

Provided by Jean Trochanowski

This little guy flew right past my head and landed on one of my patio chair= s. (Provided by Tammy )

Provided by Tammy

The first cicada I found in my yard. (Provided by Lisa Bouzaidi )

Provided by Lisa Bouzaidi

A small sample of the hundreds (maybe thousands) of exoskeletons under our maple tree. (Provided by Lisa Funkhouser )

Provided by Lisa Funkhouser

No sitting on my patio furniture these days. Exoskeletons cling to the furniture with hundreds more scattered underneath. (Provided by Lisa Funkhouser )

Provided by Lisa Funkhouser

Empty Shell, Spotsylvania, Va. (Provided by Raymond Rhoderick )

Provided by Raymond Rhoderick

Cicada invasion! (Provided by Jean Trochanowski )

Provided by Jean Trochanowski

Cicada invasion! (Provided by Jean Trochanowski )

Provided by Jean Trochanowski

In Delaplane. Shedding their shells. (Provided by Dan Kutruff )

Provided by Dan Kutruff

Cicada Invasion This photo provided by the University of Connecticut shows a cicada in Pipestem State Park in West Virginia on May 27, 2003. Any day now, cicadas with bulging red eyes will creep out of the ground after 17 years and overrun the East Coast with the awesome power of numbers. Big numbers. Billions. Maybe even a trillion. For a few buggy weeks, residents from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered by 600 to 1. Maybe more. And the invaders will be loud. A chorus of buzzing male cicadas can rival a jet engine. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut, Chirs Simon)

AP Photo/University of Connecticut, Chirs Simon