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I'm a little surprised no one from down here has mentioned this before.

The 17-year Cicadas are out. They are ugly ***** that rise up out of the ground around trees, cling to the trees and shed their skin, then have sex, bury their eggs underground, and die all within a couple of weeks.

They are absolutely disgusting. I don't mind the sound they make, and it's sort of soothing to hear them all in the trees droning on, but when you're driving down the road and you hit four or five huge, nasty bugs before you've been in the car five minutes, it's gross. And if one of them land on you, they STICK to you, and stare at you with those nasty red eyes.

Ugh, I can't wait until they all die again.

This doesn't look like a reason to not wall the state in.

I want to breed those things!

I was in Hilton Head once during an infestation of love bugs. They were EVERYWHERE. You literally 'waded' through them as you walked, and every step would kill 3 or four beneath you. After a five minute drive, your car was plastered with them. That was a huge pain, because they're apparently slightly acidic, and if you left the carcasses on your paint they would partially erode it after a day or so. So you had to wash your car almost every single time you drove it.

At least they're not that creepy, and they don't bite.

I was born into the cicada cycle, I am familiar with their overwhelming song. When I was little I'd watch cicadas and birds have thrilling aerial combat battles over the school playground.

The cicadas around my city are a pretty, uniform green colour.



Their wings are the closest things in nature to fairy wings, and I love them for that. I found a cicada wing in the garden, and thought that I could convince my four year old sister that fairies were real if I gave it to her. I did convince her that they were real, but I REALLY should have used the phrase: "Oh look, the fairies are moulting their wings now!" instead of: "Oh look! The birds have been eating the fairies again!" Poor traumatized little sister!

Imagine a green version of these wings:


Their little claws are like forward facing hooks. They act a lot like the fastening on a bra. Cicadas have to climb up treetrunks from the root, and later like to rest on treetrunks facing upwards, and their claws help that. So to remove a cicada from your person, gently grasp it on either side between forefinger and thumb, so you can easily see its face, and gently pull the cicada forward and then up, as if you were unhooking a bra. It should come off easily and fly away when you let go.

Oh duh! Cat's claws! Cicadas are like a cat's paw. Treat it like a cat's paw and it's easy to manage.

Edited, May 19th 2011 5:56pm by Aripyanfar

Needs more fire, in my opinion.

Five-second rule has been extended by 536,467,737 seconds?

Fuck. That.

I don't know, when they cry is pretty enjoyable. 「にししし」

Yay more Cicada Killer Wasps!

We had a few hanging around last summer wreaking havoc on the asston of cicadas we get every summer.

I remember we had a Cicada cycle when I was in junior high school I believe, so about 8-9 years ago. It was such a horrible experience, though I've moved since then so I don't know when my new area should be getting their next cycle.

They rarely sting and you can train them to be your minions, whats not to love!