Cicadas Time
May 19th 2004, 2:32 pm
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Cicadas Time
Theeerrrre back....its Cicadas time...14-28 may they will all be coming up from the ground to play the dulcet note for some of us to appreciate.. ...Sends me bleeding mad...
May 19th 2004, 2:40 pm
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Re: Cicadas Time
Originally posted by ray6
Theeerrrre back....its Cicadas time...14-28 may they will all be coming up from the ground to play the dulcet note for some of us to appreciate.. ...Sends me bleeding mad...
Theeerrrre back....its Cicadas time...14-28 may they will all be coming up from the ground to play the dulcet note for some of us to appreciate.. ...Sends me bleeding mad...
May 19th 2004, 2:43 pm
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Cicadas stay hidden for 17 years, then come out make a lot of noise and procreate. Bit like teenage humans really 
May 19th 2004, 2:43 pm
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Re: Cicadas Time
Originally posted by Patrick
this is just a collection of words, does this mean anything to anyone else?
this is just a collection of words, does this mean anything to anyone else?
here's a recipe for those who do:
Recipe
1. Boil the cicadas and anises in salted rice wine for five minutes, then remove the cicadas.
2. Sauté the mashed garlic, adding water and rice wine to make a paste.
3. Deep-fry the cicadas, then skewer them with bamboo picks. Arrange them on a plate with the turnip greens, celery, and garlic paste to look like the cicadas are climbing out of a mud pie onto green foliage. Bon appetit!
May 19th 2004, 8:17 pm
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Re: Cicadas Time
Originally posted by Patrick
this is just a collection of words, does this mean anything to anyone else?
this is just a collection of words, does this mean anything to anyone else?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3725927.stm
Personally first encountered them in Japan in 86. They look like huge plastic toy insects. I looked for "Made in Hong Kong" on them since they look kind of fake then realized that they're real and alive.
I can tell you they make quite a racket.
During the season, children in Japan keep them as pets. Rode on the bullet train with a cicada making its racket in the same carriage. Much like having a crying baby on the train! Not the same sound but just as grating
May 19th 2004, 8:41 pm
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Re: Cicadas Time
Originally posted by ray6
Theeerrrre back....its Cicadas time...14-28 may they will all be coming up from the ground to play the dulcet note for some of us to appreciate.. ...Sends me bleeding mad...
Theeerrrre back....its Cicadas time...14-28 may they will all be coming up from the ground to play the dulcet note for some of us to appreciate.. ...Sends me bleeding mad...
http://www.urhome.umd.edu/newsdesk/p...%20recipes.PDF
May 19th 2004, 9:01 pm
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ARGH chainsaw bugs !! what do they mean 'coming back for first time in 17 years" ? we've had them every summer here
May 19th 2004, 9:03 pm
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Originally posted by jan_michigan
ARGH chainsaw bugs !! what do they mean 'coming back for first time in 17 years" ? we've had them every summer here
ARGH chainsaw bugs !! what do they mean 'coming back for first time in 17 years" ? we've had them every summer here
May 19th 2004, 10:37 pm
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Cicadas
They're talking a lot about them on the local news channel but have yet to see any yet. Someone I work with has holes in her garden from them!
May 20th 2004, 12:12 am
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Originally posted by AlisonPA
So do lots of places but apparently not in certain parts of the US.
So do lots of places but apparently not in certain parts of the US.
May 20th 2004, 12:30 am
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Are they big chunky things that look a bit like Stag Beetles? If they are then we have loads of them at the farm. If they're not, then we have big scary flying things. :scared:
May 20th 2004, 3:09 am
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Originally posted by sibsie
Are they big chunky things that look a bit like Stag Beetles? If they are then we have loads of them at the farm. If they're not, then we have big scary flying things. :scared:
Are they big chunky things that look a bit like Stag Beetles? If they are then we have loads of them at the farm. If they're not, then we have big scary flying things. :scared:
May 20th 2004, 3:26 am
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Blimey dude! I've just got over the shock of finding carpenter ants the size of hamsters, and now this... 
May 20th 2004, 4:14 am
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Originally posted by doctor scrumpy
Cicadas stay hidden for 17 years, then come out make a lot of noise and procreate. Bit like teenage humans really
Cicadas stay hidden for 17 years, then come out make a lot of noise and procreate. Bit like teenage humans really
May 20th 2004, 1:52 pm
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Originally posted by jan_michigan
ARGH chainsaw bugs !! what do they mean 'coming back for first time in 17 years" ? we've had them every summer here
ARGH chainsaw bugs !! what do they mean 'coming back for first time in 17 years" ? we've had them every summer here
You must be in one of the 'lucky' areas who gets a different set coming out each year