Georgian emergency workers ask people to stop calling 911 about ear-splitting cicada sex parties

The biggest event of the season—the emergence of a massive swarm of cicadas called Brood X that’s waited 17 years to come up out of the ground and party—is finally here. As promised, the bugs have announced their arrival not just by flying around doing typical bug things, but also by screaming about wanting to fuck at volumes loud enough that people are calling 911 about it.

As these unsettling sweet nothings intensify, their startling sound has become enough of a problem that Georgia’s Union County Fire/Rescue & EMA has had to issue a statement on Facebook asking residents not to call them every time they hear it.

“Union County E911 is receiving multiple 911 calls for ‘alarms’ in the neighborhood,” the post reads. “More than likely these ‘alarms’ are not alarms at all but a bug, Brood X.” The statement points out that these creatures are “some of the loudest of all insects” and that “their song can be loud enough to cause hearing loss” while being mistaken for “a vehicle or home alarm system.”

“If you think you hear an alarm,” the post concludes, “ensure that it is an alarm and determine the location before contacting authorities.”