Cicadas

*Bann* ^(Premo) · 05-19-2009, 05:55 AM

are coming,

cicadas are coming.

A different brood from the one that came out a couple of years ago is expected to come out this year.

:shiver:

*toppick08* ^(Premo) · 05-19-2009, 05:56 AM

Natural aeration.

Bonehead · 05-19-2009, 06:03 AM

Seen and heard a few recenyly. But we live in the woods.

RareBreed · 05-19-2009, 06:05 AM

My dog eats them like they are candy.

Bonehead · 05-19-2009, 06:23 AM

Our Black Lab used to love them too !

*Bann* ^(Premo) · 05-19-2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by toppick08

Natural aeration.

How so? Ew. Don't care! There were cicadas down in FL when I lived there - or something similar to them. Had the red eyes, anyway. We had a bike path we would ride on that went thru some wooded areas. OMG those things were everywhere. I nearly wrecked my bike once when I thought one had gotten in my hair! :shiver:

[I'm just a skeerdycat!]

aps45819 · 05-19-2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Bann

are coming,

cicadas are coming.

:shiver:

Why is that a problem

They don't eat your plants and they don't bite or sting and they taste great fried

*desertrat* ^(Premo) · 05-19-2009, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by aps45819

Why is that a problem

They don't eat your plants and they don't bite or sting and they taste great fried

You must not have been around when that one brood emerged years ago. I couldn't walk with out stepping on several at once. It looked like the ground was moving. The noise was cool though. Not like the normal cicadas (these had red eyes), it sounded like a space ship (in old scifi movies). Loud as heck. I had my kids sweeping them off the drivway and filling buckets to toss out in the woods. Dodging them when they were flying was a full time job. They were due back in 2004, but I don't think it happened much down here.

BeenSpur'd · 05-19-2009, 07:03 AM

I would get a bucket of them and feed them to the chickens, peacocks and turkeys. They would run over each other to get to them, they loved them so. I've only seen a few shedded skins so far, haven't heard them yet either.

Pushrod · 05-19-2009, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by aps45819

Why is that a problem

They don't eat your plants and they don't bite or sting and they taste great fried

What do you mean they don't hurt your plants? They kill off young trees and the small branches and twigs of older trees. They destroy shrubs and bushes and fruit plants (blueberries, blackberries and respberries).

cover your vulnerable plants if they are coming en-mass this year.

05-19-2009, 05:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bann ^(Premo) Mavericky! Member Since: Mar 2006 Location: Globally warmed melted snowplow glacier ponds Posts: 8,407	Cicadas are coming, cicadas are coming. A different brood from the one that came out a couple of years ago is expected to come out this year. :shiver: __________________ Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy! www.onlinetaxrevolt.com www.fairtax.org
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05-19-2009, 06:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bonehead Registered User Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 2,659	Seen and heard a few recenyly. But we live in the woods. __________________ Splitting Uranium for fun and profit
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RareBreed Peek a boo... I see you!! Member Since: Mar 2008 Location: On the out-skirts of persnickety Posts: 3,878	My dog eats them like they are candy. __________________ I'll tell you all about me once I figure out what I'm all about.
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Bonehead Registered User Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 2,659	Our Black Lab used to love them too ! __________________ Splitting Uranium for fun and profit
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BeenSpur'd I love her wild,wild hair Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: Physic Hill Farm Great Mills, MD Posts: 1,015	I would get a bucket of them and feed them to the chickens, peacocks and turkeys. They would run over each other to get to them, they loved them so. I've only seen a few shedded skins so far, haven't heard them yet either. __________________ Proud Mother of future Naval Officers! Wild Horses Run Free Forever...........
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