The cicadas are comming!!!

[Nice Dreamz]

im not sure of their exact locations and when but here in the midwest tommarow the emerge from the ground. Does anyone know if they eat plants cuz if they do im brinng them the fuck in.

[Its a Plant]

Haha dammit all to hell. If just HAD to be the 17th year..I'm going to a music festival this weekend too, and they've already warned us that millions...yes, millions of these things will be coming OUT of the ground. Good thing they're harmless, but they are loud as shit. I think I read it was comparable to a rock concert, funny enough we'll be at them...

I dunno though, cuz I've been having nightmares where I'm camping and my tent is just layered in cicadas...

[OniEhtRedrum781]

I fuckin' hate those bastards buzzing all summer long...

[Nice Dreamz]

haha that sucks that ur goin to a concert lol. your gonna hear buzzing and crunching all night along with the music. thatl be a little distracting. but do u guys think theyll eat my plants?

[Its a Plant]

I dunno I'd prolly try and find out what they eat beforehand just to be sure. I'm pretty sure they stay in trees or fly around though...

[Nice Dreamz]

uggh tommarow at gym all im gonna hear is buzzbuzz crunchcrunch because my teacher told us we are for sure going outside. damnit

[Skink]

they bury themselves at the base of trees so if you just planted something it is not likely theye will be near it... I just looked it up and they do their damage by sucking sap as their mouths are to small to eat leaves... they also damage by cutting slits in branches to lay eggs...


they are tasty too...


Cicada Stir-Fry:
Ingredients


minced onion, coriander (cilantro), fresh gingerroot
sliced carrots, chopped cauliflower and/or broccoli
water chestnuts and/or other vegetables of your choice
bean sprouts and snow peas
blanched, teneral cicadas
In a wok or other suitable pan, heat a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add ingredients in the order listed above when those in the most recent addition are partially cooked. Serve over whole-grain (â??brownâ?�) rice and add soy sauce to taste.

[Psycho4Bud]

Them things were big in the Quad Cities (Ill./Iowa border) when I lived down there.......sounds like the power lines are getting ready to explode. They're big bastards too!

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[zeebo phillips]

My eight year old sister keeps telling me that all these bad things will happen to me...then after she's sees that I'm visabilly upset, she'll comfort me and tell me that they're harmless, "but only 1.5 inches big!"

I love her...yet hate her...

[Skink]

My Mom told me she used to tie them to a long string and buzz them around like a mini remote airplane...

We had them here 4 years ago,,,but I think there are many kinds,,,like a 13 year one and a 17 year a green one and a black and red one... and yeah the sound is fucking annoying...

[stinkyattic]

This is worth a trip just to see. If I could get time off work, I would fly out there just to bug-watch... SO freaking cool. WAY better than dumb Halley's comet....

[Skink]

This is worth a trip just to see. If I could get time off work, I would fly out there just to bug-watch... SO freaking cool. WAY better than dumb Halley's comet....

You see all molted shells piled at the base of trees and a deafening sound...

[stinkyattic]

Mmmm cicada shell mulch.... someone should bag that shit and sell it at the garden center... yuck!

[napolitana869]

oh man when we had those things on the east coast my dog went crazy! He knows he's not allowed to eat things he finds on walks so he would pick one up while I wasnt looking and he would give me this really innocent look while the damn thing was buzzing in his mouth.

[aardvark]

Had them in the mid-atlantic 3 years ago. Here's a few fun things to do with them:

1) Batting practice with a wiffle ball bat. Flying of course. Lightning bugs may be substituted at dusk.

2) Bait. Fish go nuts over cicadas. Hook 'em at the back of the head and drop them on the surface with their wings still flapping. We had bass, crappie, bluegill, and even carp jumping out of the water.

3) My personal fav. Buy a cheap CO2 operated pellet pistol. Don't bother with the pellets, just use the air pressure to damn near vaporize any cicada on a tree. I call myself the 17 year assassin.

And as always, the most important thing is to just have fun.

[Skink]

The fishing bait sonds like a winner to me...

[HeallyRi]

fishing bait does sound like a well idea..
i wonder if redfish will bite?

theres cicadas all summer long in florida, every year.. is this just for the upper states or something?

wiki-quote-
"Most cicadas go through a life cycle that lasts from two to five years. Some species have much longer life cycles, e.g. the Magicicada goes through a 13- or even 17-year life cycle. These long life cycles are an adaptation to predators such as the cicada killer wasp and praying mantis, as a predator could not regularly fall into synchrony with the cicadas. Both 13 and 17 are prime numbers, so while a cicada with a 15-year life cycle could be preyed upon by a predator with a 3- or 5-year life cycle, the 13- and 17-year cycles allow them to stop the predators falling into step."

some weird evolution.. all to avoid predators?.. interesting

[napolitana869]

yeah the 17 year ones are what they're talking about. I think most places have the regular every year kind. But when these come out there are tons of them. Its like the ground is crawling in some places

[yoda]

yeah the 17 year ones are what they're talking about. I think most places have the regular every year kind. But when these come out there are tons of them. Its like the ground is crawling in some places

didnt we have ours in 04? i remember the big rave about them coming that year, it was my senior year. there were a lot of them, but it wasn't like an all-out infest of those pesky little fuckers.

[napolitana869]

my friends spray painted them. I had a bunch right by my house but I lived next to the woods. My friends didnt have as many