Some of the damage in my orchards from the 17 year Cicadas.
. The female Cicada "stings" a branch and lays her eggs in the "groove" she makes. The eggs hatch in about a month and the young will fall to the ground, burrow 2 feet deep and feed on tree roots for 17 years when they will again emerge.
Hardest hit are my one to three year old trees. I expect to lose many of the branches on these trees and they will take several years longer than normal to bear fruit. My older trees will lose mostly just the tips of their branches and only time will tell how it will affect my crop this year and the next.
. The female Cicada "stings" a branch and lays her eggs in the "groove" she makes. The eggs hatch in about a month and the young will fall to the ground, burrow 2 feet deep and feed on tree roots for 17 years when they will again emerge. 
