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Cicada question #753265
Asked June 01, 2021, 12:52 PM EDT
Franklin County Ohio
Expert Response
Greetings,
Hard to say if you will get pressure from cicadas on your trees or not. Emergence has been spotty in some parts of central Ohio. Do you remember if you had a problem back in 2004? Cicadas do not migrate far. If none burrowed into the ground on your property back then, then you probably will not have any now, or at least just a few. Emergence weather and soil temperatures were a little delayed in May but are good now. Our experts at BYGL do not think that the damage that they do to trees is necessarily a bad thing, see this LINK. You will have to determine if the damage from cicadas outweighs potential damage from keeping wrapping on too long to developing stems.
Tim