The invasion has begun! PICS!

[xanis]

Originally posted by: isekii
haven't seen any yet in NJ

I think they're mainly in the midwest this time, so that might be it.

(I'm in eastern PA btw)

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: isekii
haven't seen any yet in NJ

I think they're mainly in the midwest this time, so that might be it.

(I'm in eastern PA btw)

I hope you are right. I can't stand them.

 

[Barfo]

So...fix the links.

 

[cbuchach]

I heard that it was supposed to be so bad with the noise that the CSO had to reschedule some of its summer concerts at Ravinia.

 

[FP]

That is nasty.

I am getting the willies just thinking about those things.

I would gladly take earthquakes over millions of those little bastages.

 

[Juno]

if you hate 'em, you should prepare a flamethrower..

 

[NTB]

Crap...we're in a cicada cycle this year? I hate going camping when the cicadas are out. It can be so loud at night that it's difficult to hold a conversation :|

Nathan

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
They had a section in morning news about these beauties and they featured these people who would cook these ugly things. They fried then and boilen and stuff.

The guy who tried one said it tastes peanut-buttery.

LOLOL are you serious?

 

[RallyMaster]

holy jeez. it's a plague mmkoi

 

[sdifox]

Just send in the gourmets that eat fried bugs... They'll take care of the Cicadas.

 

[gwrober]

Originally posted by: sdifox
Just send in the gourmets that eat fried bugs... They'll take care of the Cicadas.

YUM YUM

 

[Cobalt]

What suburb are you in? Don't have any here yet, I'm in Bartlett.

 

[gwrober]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Dacalo
They had a section in morning news about these beauties and they featured these people who would cook these ugly things. They fried then and boilen and stuff.

The guy who tried one said it tastes peanut-buttery.

Ill take his word for it.

"Hey, you got your cicada in my peanut butter!"

"You got your peanut butter on my cicada!"

**smiles**


(showing my age, sorry...)

 

[ValkyrieofHouston]

they only come out once every 7 to 10 years, so what you are witnessing is quite remarkable. Once they shed their shell they are actually quite cool lookinClick here for pic

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
Taken just minutes ago! RUN!

You can HEAR them crawling out of the ground and up the tree. Gives me the willies!

EWWWW
AGAIN!
EWWWWW
AHHH!
RUN
FOR
THE HILLS!

GET TO THE CHOPPA!!

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: NTB
Crap...we're in a cicada cycle this year? I hate going camping when the cicadas are out. It can be so loud at night that it's difficult to hold a conversation :|

Nathan

They don't make noise at night... At least the ones that come up every 17 years in the mid-atlantic region. If I remember correctly, they stop around sundown and restart mid-morning.

 

[Looney]

You should get some praying mantis. Costco up here in Canada was selling them in boxes that contain 40-400 (yeah, such a huge discrepancy from box to box). They're fantastic insect killers... including mosquitos. And they're the coolest looking insects around.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: NTB
Crap...we're in a cicada cycle this year? I hate going camping when the cicadas are out. It can be so loud at night that it's difficult to hold a conversation :|

Nathan

They don't make noise at night... At least the ones that come up every 17 years in the mid-atlantic region. If I remember correctly, they stop around sundown and restart mid-morning.

Sounds like it's temperature dependent. It's possible that if it's warm enough at night, the cicadas would buzz away? Need more research.

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: Looney
You should get some praying mantis. Costco up here in Canada was selling them in boxes that contain 40-400 (yeah, such a huge discrepancy from box to box). They're fantastic insect killers... including mosquitos. And they're the coolest looking insects around.

Wow, I've never seen them for sale before. I wanna buy a box and hold "Praying Mantis Showdown 2007: The Fight for Justice" in my living room.

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
[Sounds like it's temperature dependent. It's possible that if it's warm enough at night, the cicadas would buzz away? Need more research.

Well, I'm guessing it gets just as hot in MD during the summer as it does in the Midwest. I could be wrong though.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
[Sounds like it's temperature dependent. It's possible that if it's warm enough at night, the cicadas would buzz away? Need more research.

Well, I'm guessing it gets just as hot in MD during the summer as it does in the Midwest. I could be wrong though.

Probably not quite, but the humidity makes up for it.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston
they only come out once every 7 to 10 years, so what you are witnessing is quite remarkable. Once they shed their shell they are actually quite cool lookinClick here for pic

i thought the periodical brood comes out once every 17 years.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: NTB
Crap...we're in a cicada cycle this year? I hate going camping when the cicadas are out. It can be so loud at night that it's difficult to hold a conversation :|

Nathan

They don't make noise at night... At least the ones that come up every 17 years in the mid-atlantic region. If I remember correctly, they stop around sundown and restart mid-morning.

courteous cicadas. how nice of them

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: Looney
You should get some praying mantis. Costco up here in Canada was selling them in boxes that contain 40-400 (yeah, such a huge discrepancy from box to box). They're fantastic insect killers... including mosquitos. And they're the coolest looking insects around.

Wow, I've never seen them for sale before. I wanna buy a box and hold "Praying Mantis Showdown 2007: The Fight for Justice" in my living room.

Well, they come in eggs, which is why there's such a huge discrepancy from box to box.

Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

 

[dpert1]

I'm in ur trees, hissin in ur ears?