{"id":47,"date":"2024-03-23T18:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/?p=47"},"modified":"2024-04-09T16:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:06:55","slug":"cicadas-we-are-in-for-trouble-this-spring-billions-billions-of-cicada-bugs-are-coming-be-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/cicadas-we-are-in-for-trouble-this-spring-billions-billions-of-cicada-bugs-are-coming-be-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"CICADAS &#8211; WE ARE IN FOR TROUBLE THIS SPRING &#8211; BILLIONS &#038; BILLIONS OF CICADA BUGS ARE COMING \u2013 BE PREPARED!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both the 13- and 17-year varieties are emerging from the ground this spring; a very rare event that has not happened since 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president!<\/p>\n<p>They will affect driving in the middle and eastern US and be prevalent in the states of: \u00a0AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV at some point in the spring into mid-summer.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can you expect if you are driving through any of the states mentioned?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCicadas are a pretty big bug. They have been underground for 17 years. If you hit it with your windshield, it\u2019s a big splat of bug guts,\u201d said Mat Bazid, general manager of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flagshipcarwash.com\/category\/18961\/flagship-car-wash-of-south-riding-va.htm\">Flagship Carwash Center, in South Riding, Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even a few squirts of washer fluid, and a half-minute of windshield wiping, usually leaves a hazy residue, Bazid said. Before going through the car wash, you can use a Love Bug Eraser to clean your glass and bodywork.<\/p>\n<p>But the highly acidic bugs are potentially more damaging for your car\u2019s paint job, Bazid said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBug guts, if you leave [them] on there for too long, especially during the summertime, the sun is pretty much baking whatever\u2019s on your paint,\u201d Bazid said.<\/p>\n<p>I would try to use the hose and gently wash off the remaining parts of any bugs (pretty tactful description, huh?) as soon as possible after noticing them. From my understanding, it is the acid from the &#8216;remaining parts&#8217; that will stain the clearcoat and the paint.\u00a0 The Love Bug Eraser removes all of this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt eats it away,\u201d he said. \u201cIt starts to get under the clear coat; after that it starts rusting away the paint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While soap and water from a car wash will clear away residue, and a Love Bug Eraser will remove them from your painted surfaces Bazid said, upgrading to wax will make it easier to keep your vehicle\u2019s paint safe after the next insect casualty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWax helps protect it,\u201d he said. \u201cWax is a sealant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both the 13- and 17-year varieties are emerging from the ground this spring; a very rare event that has not happened since 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president! They will affect driving in the middle and eastern US and be prevalent in the states of: \u00a0AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[17,16],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cicadas","tag-bug-removal","tag-cicadas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugsoffpads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}