Cicadas!!
05-11-04, 04:07 PM
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Of Cicadas why? There just noisy
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05-11-04, 07:13 PM
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I hate those things....
GIMME A TORCH!!! BURN BURN BURN!!!!!!
GIMME A TORCH!!! BURN BURN BURN!!!!!!
05-11-04, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MKRG
They taste like asparagus
05-12-04, 10:36 AM
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I'm not really scared... but I think they will make for some interesting summer biking experiences...
05-12-04, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by MKRG
They taste like asparagus
05-13-04, 07:48 AM
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Cicadas are awesome.
They're even better when they slam into your face at 25-30 MPH.
I can't wait!
They're even better when they slam into your face at 25-30 MPH.
I can't wait!
05-13-04, 08:11 PM
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They're coming up! My backyard has plenty of holes in it already.
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I keep wandering the yard looking for them but I haven't seen any yet. I have my camera ready and everything.
05-13-04, 08:14 PM
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You should hear the tree frogs we have every year down here.
05-13-04, 08:26 PM
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MK - Get the hose out and soak an area of ground that you are positive was under a tree 17 years ago. That will bring 'em up.
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05-14-04, 06:32 AM
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I went outside after I posted last night, and BOTH cicadias and the tree frogs were chirping and honking like mad.
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Yeah, we have a few starting to pop out in my backyard. After last nights rain I suspect the inavasion is soon.
I am just tired of hearing the news stations talking about the damn things.
I am just tired of hearing the news stations talking about the damn things.
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Think PROTEIN..... far more protein than those teeny tiny no-seeums.....
05-14-04, 05:35 PM
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Last time the cicadas were out, I was on the C&O canal in Wash DC. Woke up one morning and was staring eye to eye with one. I was in a Clip Flashlight, inpenatrable tent for crying out loud. Have no idea how it got in there. Shell thingy on one side and a white flying thing right next to it with red eyes, on my ceiling!
At night I could hear them crawling around or something under my tent.
At night I could hear them crawling around or something under my tent.
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Originally Posted by beowoulfe
Last time the cicadas were out, I was on the C&O canal in Wash DC. Woke up one morning and was staring eye to eye with one. I was in a Clip Flashlight, inpenatrable tent for crying out loud. Have no idea how it got in there. Shell thingy on one side and a white flying thing right next to it with red eyes, on my ceiling!
At night I could hear them crawling around or something under my tent.
At night I could hear them crawling around or something under my tent.
Creepy lil bastards, aren't they.
05-16-04, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by JasBike
How is "Cicadas" pronounced?
Check out Dictionary.com for a more formal pronunciation key.
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During summers in Texas it always seemed to raise the temperature ten degrees when they started their screeching. They would sing in waves, first one treeful and then the next, and the next...
I confess to a slight case of entomophobia, so imagine my discomfort one day when one flew into the car and set about buzzing and skipping to and fro on my dashboard. The public at large was imperiled for some few minutes until I was able to eject the ugly little brute.
I know they aren't dangerous, but they still give me the creeps.
I confess to a slight case of entomophobia, so imagine my discomfort one day when one flew into the car and set about buzzing and skipping to and fro on my dashboard. The public at large was imperiled for some few minutes until I was able to eject the ugly little brute.
I know they aren't dangerous, but they still give me the creeps.
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The AP wire service had a story out yesterday about this guy that ended up in the hospital due to his encounter with cicadas. It seems that he ate too many of them (about 30 or so). After adding various spices and flavors etc. he sat down to a cicada supper. It turns out that some people are allergic to cicadas, as our chef was. So, before offering up a buggy delight to your dinner guests, ask if they've ever had allergic reactions to cicadas (ingested).
05-19-04, 03:51 PM
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One of my European bike tours was in the Provence area..We stayed in the village of Bonnieux. ( Great cycling-daily biked hills to ruined castle of Marquis de Saud, on the easiest approach to Mt. Ventoux, with its' stinking lavender fields, & as far west as to a corkscrew museum)..But anyway...The European version of the Cicadas exists in prolific numbers..Loved listening to them from the patio..Noisy little bXstardz. Took over at dusk...
Would see them in the pool in the am...
But my wife was so intriqued with them...We bought several bars of soap made in their image..Mad at wife, using last Cicadas soap up right now.. My favorite bar of bug soap.
Anyone wants to see how gorgeous this country is...See the movie "Swimming Pool." was filmed in our town of Bonnieux( in valley called Luberon.).Awesome biking full of Cicadas.. (forget French spelling). I can hear the Cicadas every time I wash my hands.
Would see them in the pool in the am...
But my wife was so intriqued with them...We bought several bars of soap made in their image..Mad at wife, using last Cicadas soap up right now.. My favorite bar of bug soap.
Anyone wants to see how gorgeous this country is...See the movie "Swimming Pool." was filmed in our town of Bonnieux( in valley called Luberon.).Awesome biking full of Cicadas.. (forget French spelling). I can hear the Cicadas every time I wash my hands.