Pretty sure this is a non-cicada year here, and for there to be only one is bizarre in any case. I'm guessing this fella forgot to set his alarm and slept through 2013.
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Awww, poor guy's lost.
Don’t sing to me anymore, cicada
Let your singsong end
For your song here in my soul
Stabs me like a dagger
Knowing that when you sing
You are announcing that you are going to your death.
That happens... but most of them will remain right on schedule.Originally Posted by GunnyFreedom
Is it an annual cicada, or one of those nasty little red-eyed critters? (The ones with the red eyes creep me out!!)
No idea, I only heard it did not see it. I've only ever seen the periodics around here, I didn't even know there were annuals. Had to look it up.Is it an annual cicada, or one of those nasty little red-eyed critters? (The ones with the red eyes creep me out!!)
Here in Indiana the annual cicadas are pretty common. Best of all, they're a nice, friendly bug-green. No nasty creepy red eyes!
"According to folk legend, when you hear the first song of the dog-day cicadas, it means there's just six weeks until frost. While this may not be a precise predictor, ..."
http://insects.about.com/od/insectfo...adas-frost.htm
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Hrrmph. Figures. I knew it...
Summer has been cancelled this year!
Doggone it anyway.
Don't even joke about that...Hrrmph. Figures. I knew it...
Summer has been cancelled this year!
Doggone it anyway.
A bird will have that cicada by the end of the day.
While crickets and cicadas sing..... a rare and different tune....
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We have yearly ones here as well , but not this early in the yr that I remember .
Yeah it is awful early, but it was just the one. Only time I'd ever heard a single cicada in the past, is when they manage to get into the house.
Night of the Cicada. Good short story title (in the context of the OP). Setting: Washington, DC.
Probably it's only because of climate change, just like everything else.
You know, I bet that kind of thing wouldn't happen if cicadas had a healthcare system as good as the one in Cuba ...
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This just in over on Fark.
The KEEEE-EEEEE seventeen year cicKEEEE-EEEEE KEEEE-EEEE cicadas are back and in KEEEE-EEEEE KEEEE-EEEEE KEEEE-EEEEE full force this year KEEEE-EEEEE KEEEE-EEEEE KEEEE-EEEEE KEEEE-EEEEE GODDAMMIT SHUT UP
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/sto...nvade/9207641/
Comments;
http://www.fark.com/comments/8264359...DAMMIT-SHUT-UP
Comments like this one;
"There are 21 broods of 13 and 17 year cicadas that come out in various parts of the country. You just hear about every single emergence thanks to the miracle of the internet, but you probably have not heard about them coming out that often locally. Some parts of the country do have multiple overlapping broods, though, so you *might* see two or three emergences every 17 years.
And then there are yearly cicadas, which look completely different, and which come out in different parts of the country."
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Yay!
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-n...ast_/516712839Cicadas in Georgia: Swarms expected soon
ATLANTA - Southerners with a keen sense of sound and a watchful eye for insects are in for a surprise as swarms of cicadas and their overpowering hums make their way to the Southeast any day now.
These insects, also called “17-year locusts,” are notorious for disappearing for several years (in this case, 17) and reappearing “at force” in intervals, according to National Geographic.
The 17-year brood, Brood VI, is estimated to hatch this month in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, according to the Gardener’s Network.
This brood probably won’t be back until 2034, but Brood X is estimated to hatch in 2021 (though they may emerge as early as this year in some parts of the United States, according to USA Today).
...
In 2016, some areas saw densities of 1.5 million periodical cicadas per acre, the Washington Post reported.
“They’ll be out as one of the natural wonders of nature. Watch them, enjoy them and they’ll be gone in about a month,” John Cooley from the University of Connecticut ecology and evolutionary biology department said.
After the periodical cicadas have tapered off, Cooley said, the summer cicadas will be on their way.
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Yeah my pond frogs start first evening of the spring that hits 60 degrees .
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I had ants once and they tasted like pepper. Not a fan of bug grub.
Yeah, the frogs are getting cranked up around here. We have lots of 'em, too. I even had one living in a potted plant in my garage for awhile. I think that was a toad.
I assume catfish tastes like chicken?
No, it tastes like mud.
No , tastes like catfish . Not as good as BBQ bird .
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They do indeed taste like mud. I like 'em. Probably because I ate them when I was a kid and got acclimated to the flavor young. Plus, lots of ketchup and tartar sauce helps.
When I was a kid I spent a summer at the grandparents who catfished for a living. Up at 3am in at 6pm. Bait, catch, clean, repeat. Catfish for dinner 5 nights a week. Nope. Never again.
We had cicadas (we call 'em locusts down here in the Great State of Texas) every Summer when I was a kid. Roaming the neighborhood with a Daisy BB gun popping locusts out of trees was a favorite summer pastime - right up there with riding bikes to the neighborhood public pool.
Also had tickle bees (no sting) you could catch in your hand, and cool little clouds of lightening bugs that would come out at dusk.
Hardly see any of those anymore. Where did they go?
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