Cicadas

[kpgclark]

Anyone else grossed out about how many of those big ugly cicadas will be out this year? Yuk! I know they don't bite but they are so big! I hate those things.

 

[dumboiu]

Originally posted by kpgclark
Anyone else grossed out about how many of those big ugly cicadas will be out this year? Yuk! I know they don't bite but they are so big! I hate those things.

Imagine what those poor cicadas will think when they see us!

 

[snoopy]

Hate 'em. Can't believe its been 17 years since they were here last. I know the construction workers watching me doing a jig when one of those suckers got stuck in my hair were QUITE appreciative of the show I put on.

Are these things all over the country, or just on the East Coast? I've always wondered that. We're spared a lot here in D.C. - no earthquakes, seldom do we have problems from hurricanes or tornados or other natural disasters, I thought maybe cicadas were limited to the East coast -- am I wrong?

 

[Tiffany]

Originally posted by kpgclark
Anyone else grossed out about how many of those big ugly cicadas will be out this year? Yuk! I know they don't bite but they are so big! I hate those things.

What is a "cicadas"?

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

about cicadas

This year's population (17-year Brood X) is the largest of the 17-year broods, with cicada emergences expected in parts of fifteen states from New York to Georgia to Illinois. They should attract lots of attention, since several important metropolitan regions (including the nation's capital) fall within the distribution of Brood X. If you're interested in seeing a periodical cicada emergence, now is the time to act, because no cicadas are expected to emerge in 2005 or 2006.

 

[kpgclark]

I searched all over the net to find out how invaded the Philly area will get because I didn't live here 17 years ago. I couldn't find the information. I'm wondering if it will be twice as bad as a normal year or what the multiple will be. I'm guessing at least 10 times as infested but I really don't know. They are sooooooo big! I read a web site earlier that said cats and dogs love to eat them. The site said they taste like cold canned asparagus. Yum.

 

[Karel]

Can't stand them. I'm am so not looking forward to this spring. In two weeks we are headed to my neice's birthday picnic in VA. I'll be the one in the house. 17 years ago my sister graduate college and they were all over at her graduation ceremony.

Ugh. My puppy will have a field day with them though. New play things.

 

[kpgclark]

We're having a big barbeque at our house on Memorial Day. I hope they will be gone by them but somehow I doubt it.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

if you have AOL, type in keywood cicada, and you can get a link to a map of where they'll be.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

I read that May 20, is when they will probably start to hatch out for PA! I'm wondering if they will be really thick at first, and then start to thin out?

I also read that you aren't supposed to let your pets eat them, they can get sick from the hard outer shell. You may want to keep your pet inside when it gets really bad.

Some nature groups are planning camp outs when they hatch to really come close up to nature. I don't think I want to be that close to the experience, though.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Originally posted by kpgclark
I searched all over the net to find out how invaded the Philly area will get...

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1083490562129250.xml

 

[Breezy_Carol]

In this part of Maryland they are saying they will be here mid May to mid June. We will be having DD's graduation party during that time and her graduation June 12 will be outside too. Bring a cicada swatter.

 

[lrmillen]

I hate to say it but I'm a little skeptical about this. Sometimes people predict things and it doesn't happen. Weren't we supposed to be attacked by killer bees a while ago?

 

[ScarlettO]

Can someone tell me how to pronounce this word?
I love the sound they make.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

(Pronunciation Key)ci·ca·da [ s-kd, -kä- ]
n. pl. ci·ca·das or ci·ca·dae [ -d ]

Any of various insects of the family Cicadidae, having a broad head, membranous wings, and in the male a pair of resonating organs that produce a characteristic high-pitched, droning sound. Also called cicala.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Originally posted by Breezy_Carol
....Bring a cicada swatter.

http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/cicadas/

 

[kpgclark]

Dan, thanks for the link to NJ. By our Memorial Day picnic will be fun since we live in a wooded area. Ick.

 

[CyranoJones]

I guess I'll stand alone and say that I think cicadas are beautiful. And the sound they make is my summertime white noise. So many times my daughter and I collected hatching cicadas from the trees and watched them emerge from their shells. It's amazing how they fit in there! Have you ever looked at their coloring? Again, beautiful.

And the shells make lovely brooches when given to you by a child.

 

[palmtreegirl]

Oh ick, ick, ick......................

 

[Microcell]

They had them seven summers ago in Des Moines when we lived there. MY DH had to explain to me that it didn't happen every year becasue I said I would not live in that SMALL town with no family or a consistant highway system AND Cicadas!! Flame all you want, I did not like Des Moines. I am sure it is a fine town for people who have family there, we just thought it was too confining!