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Year of the Cicadas
It's the year of the "17 year cycle" cicadas !
Within the next few weeks, they will emerge from the ground and take over many areas.
Will this flaunt of nature affect you in your area?
They happen in huge numbers, and once they start their mating rituals, they got sooooooooo loud!
But I figure, it's cool, it's only happens every 17 years!
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| May 22, 2007, 17:34 |
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Re: Year of the Cicadas
cant say i know of such pleasantries.
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| May 22, 2007, 20:48 |
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REALshedevil
66 / female
Richmond, Missouri, US
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Re: Year of the Cicadas
I think that is an awesome sound. Love to sit outside in the evening when this happens and listen to the sound they make. 
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| May 22, 2007, 20:54 |
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Re: Year of the Cicadas
When I was a tiny child, I use to always be amazed when I'd find thier "shells" clinging to trees, shrubs...
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| May 22, 2007, 21:11 |
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REALshedevil
66 / female
Richmond, Missouri, US
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My sisters and I used to make necklaces out of their shells. We thought they were so cool. lol Now that I'm older it sounds kind of disgusting. Having bug shells around your neck. 
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| May 22, 2007, 22:07 |
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Yeah....I use to play with 'em too! Kids can be creepy sometimes!
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| May 22, 2007, 23:12 |
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funlovingpair
59 / couple
Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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Can't say that we are lucky enough to be blessed with those pleasant little creatures either. 
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| May 22, 2007, 23:52 |
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Re: Year of the Cicadas
I don't think we have cicadas around these parts...LOL...but if they eat mosquitos send them down!!!
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| May 23, 2007, 00:20 |
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Tungmeister
70 / male
Miller Beach, Indiana, US
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Re: Year of the Cicadas
They're supposed to show up in serious numbers starting this week here in Indiana & nextdoor in Illinois. Great fishing bait for bass & crappie, but the "din" can be almost deafening!
Wish they DID eat mosquitoes Juils (and woodticks for that matter) but they don't eat during their adult stage. They just f**k & die. Not a bad way to go I guess. 
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| May 23, 2007, 13:28 |
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REALshedevil
66 / female
Richmond, Missouri, US
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QUOTE (Tungmeister @ May 23, 2007, 13:28)They're supposed to show up in serious numbers starting this week here in Indiana & nextdoor in Illinois. Great fishing bait for bass & crappie, but the "din" can be almost deafening!
Wish they DID eat mosquitoes Juils (and woodticks for that matter) but they don't eat during their adult stage. They just f**k & die. Not a bad way to go I guess.
They sure do make great fishing bait! 
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| May 23, 2007, 17:44 |
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pepper
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daytona, Florida, US
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I love them, grew up with the sound of them, so the sound is a comfort to me, kind of like a fan droning at night.
Don't hear them much down here, but every once in a while, I will find a shell for one, looking kinda lost and lonely.
  
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| May 24, 2007, 06:14 |
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wonder if you can put them on certain body parts ( for therapy only of course) and let them just humm away,, 
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| May 24, 2007, 08:14 |
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Welllll! I haven't heard a peep outta them yet! Still waiting!
Are they doing their mating call anywhere else yet?
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| May 29, 2007, 20:52 |
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Okay....I found my kitten playing with one that flew in through a slightly opened window...so they have emerged, just haven't started their mating noise party yet!
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| May 29, 2007, 22:52 |
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Re: Year of the Cicadas
Hmmmm...I guess if we had sound on WN we'd hear alot of mating call noise too...
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| May 30, 2007, 01:10 |
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Re: Year of the Cicadas
They are out in grand number this year too. They are falling from the trees.
Morning news featured Cicada recipes, ewwwwww....
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