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05-23-2007, 11:17 PM
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We found our first cicada!
My 5 year old found the first of millions and billions of cicadas tonight on the driveway!
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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05-23-2007, 11:25 PM
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yuck  I am not looking forward to them
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05-23-2007, 11:26 PM
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I know but it is kind of cool!
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05-23-2007, 11:35 PM
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We had some last year, weren't supposed to - but not many
Supposed to be next year for us
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fa...cal/Index.html
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05-25-2007, 04:06 PM
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Hmmm... guess I must be sleeping quite soundly at night...
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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05-25-2007, 04:40 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
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What are cidadas? If it is a bug I am glad it is too cold for them here.
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05-25-2007, 05:03 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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We got another yr or two till they come up.
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05-25-2007, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by tdwyatt
Hmmm... guess I must be sleeping quite soundly at night...
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its not the right year for the south east tom, they are specific to regions from what ive read.
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing. Which is ironic, because old people are hilarious.
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05-25-2007, 07:50 PM
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What are cidadas? If it is a bug I am glad it is too cold for them here.
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Nasty bugs that come out every 17 years check the link Scuba Dave posted
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05-25-2007, 10:08 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
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Well just read an article about how happy the animals in the Chicago zoo are to have the cicadas. Is the 17 year thing just some nominal guideline or for sure?
My cats eat moths, but all they do with grasshoppers is let them loose in the house.
Have fun with your plague!!! 
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05-25-2007, 10:32 PM
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Oh it is science. I do not know enough though to know if it is just midwest or cross country or cross world. They can almost predict what day they will arrive! It is pretty freaky.
Yes they definately provides food for many animals. They say even good for people!! ewww
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05-26-2007, 12:09 AM
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ive seen pictures of some of them in honest plague proportions, its really disturbing when the ground moves.
but its different years in different parts of the country, we had ours a few years back and it really wasnt near as bad as the news made it out.
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05-26-2007, 12:13 AM
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The last time I remember it being bad, I was 7!
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05-26-2007, 12:14 AM
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Ok that was two times ago! But SHHHHH don't tell anyone, cause I am only 29 
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