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Cicada Invasion Photos From Readers: Cute Kids, Pets Meet Bugs

Patch readers swarmed when we asked for your best cicada pictures. Check out some of the photos we got of the inescapable insects.

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Katie Luckenbaugh said that Mason, 4, loves to visit his grandparents and the cicadas in Harford County, Maryland, where this photo was taken.​ Check out more reader-submitted cicada photos below.
Katie Luckenbaugh said that Mason, 4, loves to visit his grandparents and the cicadas in Harford County, Maryland, where this photo was taken.​ Check out more reader-submitted cicada photos below. (Photo courtesy of Katie Luckenbaugh)

MARYLAND — Love 'em or hate 'em, cicadas can't be ignored. More than 180 Patch readers wrote in with their photos of cicadas all across the state.

Some people like them up close and other people's pets were fascinated by the bugs — while others can't wait for them to go away.

Check out some of the user-submitted photos here. We received so many photos that we'll be featuring a new batch every day this week. If you don't see your photo here, check back tomorrow or later this week.

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Every day this week there will be another round of the cicada invasion.

Photo Courtesy of Howard High. Taken in Hanover, MD on June 12.
Photo Courtesy of Adrienne Snyder. Roscoe the cat plays with a cicada in his backyard in Columbia, MD, on May 31.
Photo Courtesy of Robyn Schofer in the White Oak area of Silver Spring, MD. She said the photo was taken at the height of the cicada invasion in her backyard on May 31.
Photo Courtesy of Shawn and Erin Heinlein. The Heinlein's found the cicadas in their rainspouts in Abingdon, MD on June 12.
Photo Courtesy of Michael Duffy. Duffy said he found this unwelcome hitchhiker on Tamar Drive in Columbia, MD on June 12.
Photo Courtesy of John Worden. Worden is featured here with a cicada on his nose in Reisterstown, MD
Photo Courtesy of Cathy Baker. The cicadas here are pictured in Bethesda on June 9.
Photo Courtesy of Ji Won Park. She found the cicada in her backyard in Bethesda, MD on May 31.
Photo Courtesy of Dale Ritchie. It was taken in the Hickory Ridge area of Columbia, MD, on May 31
Photo Courtesy of Katie Luckenbaugh. Luckenbaugh said that Mason, 4, loves to visit his grandparents and the cicadas in Harford County, MD, where this photo was taken.
Photo Courtesy of Ibrahim Karjikar. This cicada landed on his lap while he sat in his backyard in Hyde, MD on May 25.
Photo Courtesy of Olympia Jefferson. Jefferson took the photo in Cockeysville, MD, on June 6.
Photo Courtesy of Rosaire Protzman. Protzman took the photos during a walk in Patapsco State Park in Ellicott City, MD, on May 26.
Photo Courtesy of Hugh Vandervoort. He got this shot of a Trumpeter Swan eating a cicada in Sandy Point on June 10.
Photo Courtesy of Michael Rossiter. Rossiter took the photo in Columbia, MD, on June 1.

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