Very few living adults are found, majority being females. Faint chorus's of cassini are heard with solitary decula and septendecim singing briefly. Piles of dead adults lay beneath the trees with the odor of decay very powerful. One female is observed trying to lay eggs but is too weak to insert her ovipositor into the bark. Another female is found freshly deceased with her ovipositor still inserted in a branch.
Many young trees have severe flagging damage and branches are easily broken off.
Heavily scarred branches lay broken on the ground. More Tibicens are heard singing periodically. Severe Thunderstorms with heavy rains and high winds hit much of Northern Ohio. No living adults are heard or seen. Many decaying bodies lay in piles under trees and under branches.