Tip: Large, mature trees can withstand most cicada damage, but young trees suffer when populations are high. Cover young trees with netting to protect against egg-laying adults. Always read product labels and follow the instructions carefully. Sevin is a registered trademark of Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc.
Toggle navigation GardenTech. Find a Product. Identify Your Pest. About Us. Contact Us. If you've got trees that you don't want to see get damaged, loosely wrap them as a preventative measure. You can use cheese cloths, foil tape, barrier tape or sticky tape.
You'll need to wrap around the tree trunk and where the twigs meet the branch, said Frank Meek , an entomologist and manager of technical services at pest controller Orkin. This will help prevent the female cicadas from laying eggs in your trees. You can also use landscaping nets around smaller trees to prevent the cicadas from landing on the branches. You may want to hold off planting trees until they're gone, which could be June 20 or even later.
Cicadas can't cause much damage to your larger, mature trees. In fact, the older the tree is, the less amount of damage can be done, Meek said. Instead, it's more like the cicadas are pruning your trees, which can stimulate tree growth.
When the eggs hatch in the trees, the baby cicadas -- known as nymphs -- fall from the trees and burrow themselves into the soil until it's their time to rise. Meek says keeping your yard well-manicured with no dirt spots can help prevent them from burrowing.
You can fill in the bare spots with sod, seed or hay to protect and cover the ground to reduce the likelihood of the cicadas going back into the soil. For more information, here's what to know about Brood X cicadas and pet safety. In addition, experts say that cicadas , generally associated with trees that shed their leaves and shrubs, provide several benefits to their native ecosystems.
They prune weak branches from mature trees, aerate the soil and once they die, their decomposing bodies serve as an important source of nutrients for growing trees, according to the National Wildlife Federation. The cicadas also provide vast quantities of food to the numerous animals that eat insects, while also relieving predatory pressures on other insects.
John Cooley, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist from the University of Connecticut, told Newsweek : "The genus Magicicada is roughly 5 million years old, so these insects have been associated with deciduous forests for a long time.
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