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They're back: 17-year cicadas to swarm the East Coast! | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39371129  United States05/05/2013 04:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Billions of Brood II cicadas are set to hatch this spring, bringing a once every 17 years plague to most of the East Coast. The deafening insects will mate and then die over the course of about six weeks, making an unmistakable racket the entire time. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 39371129 But some foodies embrace the insect onslaught, using the high-protein, nutty flavored bugs in all sorts of dishes, from tacos and pizza to cookies and even a martini. [link to www.nydailynews.com] Wow, people eat those things? Some one will eat about anything.I suppose its no more unusual than eating ants,grasshoppers,snails,etc. Seems a lot of stuff like that has good nutrition. |
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Rachael123  User ID: 837564 United States05/05/2013 04:51 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.youtube.com] just don't like the cicada wasps. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39193408  United Kingdom05/05/2013 05:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess this is another batch of Cicadas on a different phase of the 17-year cycle. The cicadas were out all over Washington DC and Maryland in Summer 2004, only 9 years ago. Two different groups with 2 different phases of the 17 year cycle? 2 different cycles, brood 1 = 13 years, brood 2 = 17 years |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 36906689 United States05/05/2013 05:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39193408 United Kingdom05/05/2013 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess this is another batch of Cicadas on a different phase of the 17-year cycle. The cicadas were out all over Washington DC and Maryland in Summer 2004, only 9 years ago. Two different groups with 2 different phases of the 17 year cycle? 2 different cycles, broods 1 - 14 = 17 years, broods 19 - 23 = 13 years years |
| KimmieAnnaJones User ID: 35744535 United States05/05/2013 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It has been so cold here in NC that I have not seen any bugs this week. "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." - I AM Vote for people that have a track record for loving your Constitution or lose your country forever!!! Put down the damn touchy feely koolaid and WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!! :militia: |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24988597 United States05/05/2013 06:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess this is another batch of Cicadas on a different phase of the 17-year cycle. The cicadas were out all over Washington DC and Maryland in Summer 2004, only 9 years ago. Two different groups with 2 different phases of the 17 year cycle? 2 different cycles, brood 1 = 13 years, brood 2 = 17 years Thanks I never knew that. |
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| fishingnut User ID: 39378138 United States05/05/2013 06:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More on eating them. No thanks. [link to cicadainvasion.blogspot.com] Last Edited by hater site on 05/05/2013 06:53 PM |
| Pyractomena borealis User ID: 20793638 United States05/05/2013 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for the info OP! They are one of my favorite insects, and a artistic inspiration for me.  Wow, all you entomophobics, the cicada wasp and the cicada are harmless to humans and are very interesting. Some cicadas produce sounds up to 120 dB (SPL),[15] among the loudest of all insect-produced sounds.[16] This is especially notable as their song is technically loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss in humans, should the cicada sing just outside the listener's ear. Conversely, some small species have songs so high in pitch that the noise is inaudible to humans.[6] Species have different mating songs to ensure they attract the appropriate mate. It can be difficult to determine from which direction(s) a cicada song is coming, because the low pitch carries well and because it may, in fact, be coming from many directions at once, as cicadas in various trees may make noise in unison. In addition to the mating song, many species also have a distinct distress call, usually a somewhat broken and erratic sound emitted when an individual is seized. A number of species also have a courtship song, which is often a quieter call and is produced after a female has been drawn by the calling song. [link to en.wikipedia.org] Last Edited by Pyractomena borealis on 05/05/2013 07:01 PM There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange ~ Daniel Webster Omnia Vincit Amor ~ Virgil The more you learn, the less you know ~ Socrates That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. ~ Charles Caleb Colton |
| Pyractomena borealis User ID: 20793638 United States05/05/2013 07:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange ~ Daniel Webster Omnia Vincit Amor ~ Virgil The more you learn, the less you know ~ Socrates That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. ~ Charles Caleb Colton |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39375199  Italy05/05/2013 07:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39295428 United States05/05/2013 07:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | typical right wing idiot, wants to kill everything that annoys you, eh OP? Another libtard obsessed with left-right myth. Not obsessed, just have a knack of spotting you "I'm sooooo much better than you" assholes from a mile away As opposed to you libtards with your fake compassion and hollow forgiveness. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 20143887 United States05/05/2013 07:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39324786 United States05/05/2013 07:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not obsessed, just have a knack of spotting you "I'm sooooo much better than you" assholes from a mile away As opposed to you libtards with your fake compassion and hollow forgiveness. Ouch, sick burn!  How are the "Whopper Chopper" sales going Mr. Sanford. |
| m&m's User ID: 28219729 United States05/05/2013 07:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not to stand in the way of perceived cicada doom, but when these things were "besieging" us here in the northeast 17 years ago, the worse thing about it was the noise, and the noise really wasn't that bad. You get used to it. Seriously, the gypsy moth catipillar onslaught of '82-'87 was much worse than the cicada swarms of the (roughly) the same years. Cicada just buzz. Quoting: Melliserande 37418215 it hasn't been 17 years yet. i was working in baltimore in the early / mid 2000's when they last "hit" us here. it has not been 17 years! this has to be a fake news story...and surely people don't have memories that short! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39324786 United States05/05/2013 07:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not to stand in the way of perceived cicada doom, but when these things were "besieging" us here in the northeast 17 years ago, the worse thing about it was the noise, and the noise really wasn't that bad. You get used to it. Seriously, the gypsy moth catipillar onslaught of '82-'87 was much worse than the cicada swarms of the (roughly) the same years. Cicada just buzz. Quoting: Melliserande 37418215 it hasn't been 17 years yet. i was working in baltimore in the early / mid 2000's when they last "hit" us here. it has not been 17 years! this has to be a fake news story...and surely people don't have memories that short! The Tard is strong with this one!!! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15770702 United States05/05/2013 08:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I remember one year about 17 years ago they where VERY abundant like falling off trees and covering every warm surface they felt like. By far it was something I havnt seen more than 3 times so Im assuming this is a Swarm cycle that a large amount par take in...oh And I remember them being Huge. |
| beeches User ID: 28167778 United States05/05/2013 08:51 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | typical right wing idiot, wants to kill everything that annoys you, eh OP? You are too blind to see, no right winger is an idiot. They at least think for themselves. Obamma must be your leader. Take yourself to your leader. only a leftist would hijack an entymology thread like this one and turn it into an ad hominem attack. buzz off. Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face – Thomas Sowell |
