I have successfully evicted one cicada from my house!

[struggle4progress]

I do not know how many are squatting here, since they tend to be quiet for an extended period, while now and then making sounds suggesting the house is in the path of a great tornado

Anyway, tonight I found somebody flying noisily into the walls and chattering loudly

This time, after capture, I walked halfway around the house before flinging my prisoner into the outer darkness

[saidsimplesimon]

1. I can relate.

Thank you for giving me some humour and appreciation for just squatting.

[Harker]

2. But did you shut the door this time? n/t

[struggle4progress]

4. Yes. And I shut the door last time, too.

But I have to open the door to get back inside. That was the point at which I was defeated last time: the cicada simply made a 180 degree turn and then flew fast

This time, I counted on the fact that cicadas cannot navigate nearly as well as I can, and I reintroduced the cicada to the great outdoors at a place from which I had to make three 90 degrees turns at the proper times. In my experience, cicadas can execute 90 degree turns, but the notion "at the proper time" seems to be tricky for them

[Harker]

10. If you make a bunch of...

"I can navigate better than a cicada" t-shirts, I'll consider buying one.

[Delmette2.0]

3. Year's ago I had a dog that loved to catch them in his mouth.

Then he would run around in the house. Yikes! The more I chased him the happier he was. Thankfully those critters didn't show up every year.

[sandensea]

5. Ah, memories of Virginia.

Eventually, I got to enjoy hearing the relentless buzz in the summer. But catching one, if needed, was indeed a challenge, as they can put up a fight.

Kudos for safely escorting it outside. You won a friend for the next life!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. I learned to hate cicadas when I lived in Kansas.q

The screech of them was overwhelming. Once one got inside our house and it was like having an ancient, primitive creature there.

So glad I live where they aren't.

[Cicada]

7. Go Back to where you came from is so cruel

[struggle4progress]

9. Some of my best friends are cicadas

[HipChick]

8. that's was prob a decoy..

While others snuck in...