the Cicadas are here!

[alfredo]

It is so loud it hurts. They are everywhere. I know the cats and birds are loving it, but it hurts my ears.

On my citrus tree.

[tekisui]

1. In parts of WNC, thaey have been deafening for weeks now.

Have fun!

Call the police and tell them that someone won't turn off their car alarm.

[alfredo]

5. I have tinnitus and it sounds like cicada but maybe an octave higher.

[El Supremo]

2. Where do you live?

We only got Cicadas here in Denver a few years ago. In Dallas they were always there. I kind of like the sound.

[alfredo]

3. Lexington Ky

[tekisui]

4. We have a few "broods" in Western NC.

This year is the 17-year brood. Every 17 years they come up for their cycle. They are the largest brood I am aware of, here. There is also a 7 year and probably other smaller ones.

[ccharles000]

21. I hope they don't move east to Greensboro.

[Berry Cool]

6. Anyone suffering cicadas has my sympathies.

I will never forget the spring they invaded my college campus. It was hotter than Hades and they sang at maximum volume all day long--you couldn't hear yourself think. The air and ground were full of them and you couldn't avoid stepping on them and neither could anyone else. Everyplace you went, you stepped on carpets of their squashed bodies. Horrible.

[El Supremo]

9. I just remember their exoskeletons on the trees,

They stay in a larval state in the ground for years.

[KoKo]

7. First Fireflies have arrived....North Carolina....two tonight...the first..

Actually we call them "Lightening Bugs" here in the South. Sorry about your ears hurting. Sometimes our "tree frogs" can get very loud.

[tekisui]

10. You are speaking my language,.

I haven't seen a lightening bug yet, and love the tree frogs. The light and sound shows of Summer....

[Muttocracy]

13. Lightning bugs this week in upstate NY - early!

I always thought of them as 4th of July arrivals. I'm wondering if they're showing up earlier with climate change?

:tinfoilhat:

[Edweird]

24. I miss the cicadas and the lightening bugs. We don't get them down here.

The closest thing we have are palmetto bugs, and they are just hideous giant flying roaches. Not that cicadas are anything to look at, but they are "home" to me.....

[unsavedtrash]

26. saw my first lightening bug last night.

in Alabama :hi:

[awoke_in_2003]

32. The one thing I miss

about living in the country is the lightning bugs. We never get them in DFW :(

[Lex]

8. check it out

[El Supremo]

12. That is REALLY cool!

[atommom]

20. Awesome! I've always been fond of cicadas, but have never had

a 17-year brood hatch near me. We have plenty of the dog day cicadas every year.

[woo me with science]

22. Pretty green wings on that bug!

Very cool. Thanks!

[StarryNite]

37. That's really neat!

Around here cicadas are an indication that the monsoons are close at hand. That usually doesn't happen until mid July.

[jojo54]

11. Did'ja ever have one get into your house?

It was horrible. My cats went crazy trying to get to it.

They'll be here in Jersey soon, and I do not like them at all.

[doc03]

14. I think they are cute, you'll get used to the noise

I was born the year of our 17 year cicada in 1948. Have been through 4 of them, next will be 2016 and I'll be 68 I hope to make it to that one and the next at 85. If you like to fish you can catch tons of carp on them or anything that resembles them. It's the only time you can consistently catch carp on a bass lure.

[El Supremo]

15. Carp????

[doc03]

19. Carp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carp


They are fun to catch, not many people eat them though.

[Sal Minella]

25. Smoked carp. MMmmmmmm.

[alfredo]

16. I heard them called land prawns. You know they are edible. They have no

digestive system so you don't need to gut them.

[MonkeyFunk]

17. Cool!

I was working in Cincinnati in 1991 when they last appeared. It was pretty impressive!

Tell 'em I said Hi!

[alfredo]

18. All the small animals are getting fat.

[ccharles000]

23. ...

[alfredo]

31. Looks like it is hair ball time.

[dysfunctional press]

27. we had the BIG brood last year.

they DO get loud.

downright maddeningly so at times.

[orleans]

35. omg--last year, they were HORRIBLE (i'm in dupage county)

i thought i'd go crazy.

i couldn't go outside (i had to run into the garage, run from my car to work, etc.)

i remember standing at the backdoor (near the end of summer) and pinning for the outdoors, missing the back yard SO MUCH, feeling so housebound (even tho i had gone "out" to work).

i just couldn't be outside with THEM.

it was terrible. i was so glad when they were gone and fall came.

[tuckessee]

28. Are you just now getting them?

I'm in south central Kentucky in a rural area and they have been raising hell for at least 2-3 weeks.

They're now lower in the trees and the first started dying off about three days ago

[alfredo]

30. We've had them for some time. it just reached a crescendo.

[Shakespeare]

29. Fireflies, cicadas and thunderstorms--three things I miss from the south.

None of those in SoCal. I do miss the sound of cicadas!

[orleans]

36. sure, the soft summer sounds of cicadas. but i'm sure you don't miss

their swarms every 17 years (or however long they take coming back enmass)

[alfredo]

40. We can't open the windows because it is so loud.

[malaise]

33. My New York great aunt once told us that

since the Great Depression, cicadas have been a good luck charm for the Democratic Party. When they show up a Dem President has either been in power or would win the next election.
1940 - Roosevelt
1957 - Eisenhower was in power but Kennedy won in 60
1974 - Nixon was impeached and Carter won in 76
1991 Bush 1 was in power but Clinton would whip him in 92.

She died in 1979. Let's go Cicadas!!!

[alfredo]

34. I hope they are heralds of a new day in America

[Trillo]

38. FREE FOOD!

Cicada Recipe

Subjects > Animals > Insects > Cicada

See also Cicadids

Most experts agree that cicadas are a rich source of protein with about the same amount per pound as red meat. Cicadas are also said to be full of vitamins and minerals.

read more @ http://www.chat11.com/Cicada_Recipe

[alfredo]

39. Land Prawns.