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any day now
« on: April 28, 2004, 08:04:00 PM »
We will soon be innudated with a creepy buzzing, groaning, flapping big eyed crunchy 17 year Cicadas
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Re: any day now
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2004, 08:55:44 PM »
woah...and where is this going to happen?
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Re: any day now
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2004, 09:01:50 PM »
Most of the Eastern Seaboard of the US, but the swarming will be heaviest in the Midatlantic.
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Re: any day now
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2004, 09:04:37 PM »
Wow, those things are ugly...and freaky lookin'. Are they dangerous, or just insect nuicances (sp?)
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Re: any day now
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2004, 09:17:07 PM »
They're huge, and gross. Worse than June bugs. We get them in the Midwest, too.
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Re: any day now
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2004, 09:21:52 PM »
But are they any type of threat? Or just problems?
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Re: any day now
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2004, 09:31:26 PM »
Heh, and I've always liked cicadas. I used to collect their shells for fun, many years ago.
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Re: any day now
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2004, 09:34:18 PM »
not dangerous no. Just big and .. icky. They're clumsy and ALL OVER. There's an article up on a co-workers wall about how one guy harvested a ton of them last time and has been keeping them in the freezer, eating 'em ever since. Gross, but when you think about it, not much different than lobster.
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Re: any day now
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2004, 09:39:41 PM »
Heh, I'm glad I live in California...I would be freaked out if I saw one of those things. Hehe, the guy eating them is pretty gross...also, how big are they? Like, normal bug size, super bug size, or "Holy Biscuit that bug is abnormal, it must have been exposed to radiation!" size...
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Re: any day now
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2004, 09:42:37 PM »
They tend to vary in size. But can range from, "Wow, that there is a big bug," to "WTButt! Where did that thing come from! AUgh! Kill it! EWWW!"
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Re: any day now
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2004, 09:50:54 PM »
Sometimes you need a shotgun to bring them down. Actually, if your resolution is 1600x1200, the picture is just slightly larger than actual size. They're big, but small enough to fit in your mouth if you're awkward. They're crappy fliers and bump into everything, so flying into your mouth would not be unheard of.
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Re: any day now
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2004, 09:55:32 PM »
Here we have a japaneese beetle problem, they are like ladybugs except orange and emit a horrinble smell when vacuumed, burned or flushed down the potty...
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Re: any day now
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2004, 09:56:25 PM »
One of the things I miss about living out East is that, out here, you don't get to listen to the cicadas do their rattling thing on hot summer nights.  I grew up with it, and it's just a part of summer.
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Re: any day now
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2004, 09:57:44 PM »
everytime i go to chicago in ther summer i see em, they are pretty friggin huge and you can tell when they is a comin because you see their molts hangin from trees or on the ground
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Re: any day now
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2004, 10:03:14 PM »
Yes, they are horrifically nasty-looking.  Which is why I just like the sound.
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