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May 16th, 2004, 05:40 AM
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Cicada Watch 2004
For those of you that are not blessed with periodic locust plagues, take a look at what you are missing.
http://www.msj.edu/cicada/faq.html
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Are cicadas "locusts"?
Periodical cicadas are often incorrectly called locusts. Locusts are grasshoppers, while cicadas are most closely related to aphids. The term "locust" began to be used to describe cicadas around 1715 in the English colonies, when settlers tried to make sense of the cicada emergences by equating them with the biblical plagues. Because the cicadas appeared in great numbers and were eaten by the Native Americans, just as biblical locusts appeared in great numbers and were eaten by John the Baptist, "locust" seemed a logical name for them.
What do they taste like?
Periodical cicadas are best eaten when they are still white (teneral), and they taste like cold canned asparagus. Like all insects, cicadas have a good balance of vitamins, are low in fat, and the females are especially high in protein. They are also Atkins friendly!
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May've been the losing side. I'm still not convinved it was the wrong one.
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May 16th, 2004, 08:28 AM
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Don't think I'll be trying them anytime soon for dinner
Thanks for sharing Darth
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May 16th, 2004, 03:49 PM
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I've only seen a very few of them, and about a dozen shells.
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May 18th, 2004, 03:28 AM
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we don't get them here. We get those nasty 'squitos though. I saw a story about the cicadas on tv last week
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May 18th, 2004, 07:34 PM
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I read an article in Bassmaster magazine that said basically that bass go crazy over them, gorging themselves and passing up their "normal" forage.
Tie on a cicada look-alike and go fishin'! I hear there's some five-pounders out there!
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May 20th, 2004, 02:46 PM
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They're Heeeere!
I live in southwestern Cincinnati and work in southeast Indiana. It's now 5:30 p.m. eastern time Thursday, May 20. On my drive home from work I heard the cicadas for the first time, although I've yet to see them. They're not that loud now, but in a few days you won't be able to hear yourself think.
Mary
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May 20th, 2004, 07:46 PM
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Mary so far my neighborhood seems to be cicada free.....which is amazing. (I'm about 35 miles north of Mary.)
I'm happily enjoying the outside when it's not storming. I so hate those nasty, ugly, noisy, kamikaze flying bugs.
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May 21st, 2004, 09:21 AM
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Just a warning that if you are inclined to try some cicadas for dinner (no thanks, btw) you shouldn't if you have any food allergies. A man almost died this week because he had food allergies (shellfish, I think) and he ate a large quantity of them.
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May 21st, 2004, 12:55 PM
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I am resisting the urge if I ever see one.
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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May 21st, 2004, 08:45 PM
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When I left the theatre this afternoon, the sound was amazing! You could hear them far away likr a thousand airconditioners running, and the closer ones were a mighty buzzing. Every so often there would be a burst from one even closer. It was amazing, truely amazing. I guess they just needed some time to wake up.
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I practicly thrive on it."
"Dirk's always wanted to make love with himself, and now he could succeed!!!"
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May 21st, 2004, 10:27 PM
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I'll take mine garlic roasted and with some Cajun BBQ dipping sauce please...
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May 22nd, 2004, 11:30 AM
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and you thought the gemonese had it bad
Remember when Cassiopeia talked about the Gemonese sect that allowed contact between genders once ever seven years during a sun storm? Imagine you're a cicada that has to find a mate during a six-week period once every 17 years!
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May 22nd, 2004, 11:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bsg1fan1975
I am resisting the urge if I ever see one.
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If you ever see one, trust me, there will be no urge.
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May 24th, 2004, 12:46 PM
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*shudders at the mental images that just went thorugh her mind*
not an insect person here
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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May 25th, 2004, 04:47 AM
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Cicada cookbook in pdf format http://www.urhome.umd.edu/newsdesk/p...%20recipes.PDF
A noted homebrewer (and homebrew supply company owner) in Connco is asking about how best to make Cicada beer.
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May 26th, 2004, 06:57 PM
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blue eyes
So, how many of you have found blue-eyed cicadas now that everyone is looking for them? My 6-year-old nephew found one and was very disappointed to learn that no one wanted to buy it (it's an urban legend that research centers are paying for them). A woman in the hospital where I work brought another one in a jar to work with her and was carrying it around the cafeteria to show everyone. Yuck!
Mary
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May 27th, 2004, 07:26 AM
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I haven't seen any cicadas at all (blue eyes or otherwise.) I'd like to say I was upset about that, but I'm not a big fan of bugs. I still have nightmares about when I was living in Panama and the roaches grew so big they flew at you and fought back when you tried to squash them. :shudders in disgust:
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May 31st, 2004, 08:30 AM
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june 7 people magazine
For those of you living outside of the cicada invasion area and who still don't have a clear picture in your mind about how big and ugly these things are, you might want to go buy the new June 7 issue of People. There's an article in there about Gene Kritsky, the Cincinnati cicada god who's been interviewed by media all over the planet recently. There's a looooovely picture of him covered with the bugs so that you can see for yourself how numerous they are.
Mary
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June 1st, 2004, 12:19 PM
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Remind me not to pick up that issue of People while I'm in line at the store. Uggghhhh.
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June 1st, 2004, 08:24 PM
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I was going to post a pic of them, but unfortunately attempting to install my camera onto my new computer caused a huge problem and all but shut down my system. I'm seriously bummed. No scanner. No camera. AND I have a trial of PSP8.
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June 2nd, 2004, 04:33 AM
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On our way to Virginia Beach this past weekend (and on the way back), we heard the of those blasted little varmints! I forgot just how LOUD those pesky things can be.
We were travelling the US 522 corridor down towards Winchester, VA, and even had a few wayward cicadas do 'kami-kaze' runs at the car. I know they're absolutely no match for the size of a car but, why is it, even with the smallest bug, you always feel the urge to duck when something flies at the windshield?
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June 2nd, 2004, 08:02 AM
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June 3rd, 2004, 05:08 AM
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Uggghhh! That's not a face I wanted to wake up to, I should avoid bug threads, I know better than to think that there won't be a picture at some point. :shudder: :ugh:
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June 3rd, 2004, 07:44 PM
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BST, we've had to go down to Cicada central (the Clifton area of Cincinnati) these past 2 weeks a few times. Saw one actual swarm of them (some of them LIKE the sounds of cars) flying on the interstate and well the van needs a major bath. The funniest is when they land on your windshield when you're stopped and just sit there like "what is this?"
BTW: You ducked because they look like small birds flying at you and they make rather large splats when they hit!!!
It's not a good idea to eat them I've heard because they've had 17 years to soak in everysubstance that seeps into the ground: pesticides, herbicides and insecticides and poisions included.
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June 4th, 2004, 07:29 AM
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Here's another reason not to eat them: they are bugs and bugs are gross.
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Each smallest act of kindness reverbrates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.
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June 4th, 2004, 10:15 AM
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Crabs and lobsters are bugs too, and few people have a problem eating them.
Also, didja know that cicadas are blind? They make the noise so they can find each other to breed.
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June 4th, 2004, 05:11 PM
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EWWWWWWWWWW!!!
I remember those days well from when I lived in Texas.
Thanks for the memories
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June 5th, 2004, 06:47 AM
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Are cicadas those things that make that clicking noise at night?
I've been to the States twice and I couldn't believe how noisy it was at when you were trying to get to sleep!
Peter
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June 5th, 2004, 06:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter noble
Are cicadas those things that make that clicking noise at night?
I've been to the States twice and I couldn't believe how noisy it was at when you were trying to get to sleep!
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Those are crickets, Peter. When the cicadas have appeared, there will be no mistaking it, they are incredibly LOUD, both day and night!
The cicadas have also been given the misnomer of "locust". There are a couple of varieties which show up only 1 time every 13 or 17 years, to mate. Otherwise, they spend the remainder of their time underground.
BST
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June 5th, 2004, 09:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter noble
Are cicadas those things that make that clicking noise at night?
I've been to the States twice and I couldn't believe how noisy it was at when you were trying to get to sleep!
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Yes Peter. If you think the NOISE is bad ........just wait until they get in your hair
or stick to your clothes.
Those are NASTY little buggers!
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