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02-04-2004, 09:07 PM
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When I was growing up, we had some form of cicada every summer. The noise was incredible.
We also had cicada killers (not sure what the bug's real name is). These were HUGE black flying insects that would dig up the lawn and leave cicada carcasses lying around. Females would kill a cicada and lay eggs inside, then the larvae would consume the cicada. Ewwww. They wouldn't harm humans, but they totally freaked me out. *shudder*
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02-04-2004, 09:57 PM
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Originally posted by aephi alum
We also had cicada killers (not sure what the bug's real name is). These were HUGE black flying insects that would dig up the lawn and leave cicada carcasses lying around. Females would kill a cicada and lay eggs inside, then the larvae would consume the cicada. Ewwww. They wouldn't harm humans, but they totally freaked me out. *shudder*
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Dude, that sounds even creepier than cicadas.
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03-29-2004, 09:59 PM
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Please please do not forget the cicadas. Remember, we are all doomed. There was an article in the Washington Post this Sunday.
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Some insects are endowed with elaborate defense mechanisms -- such as moths, whose bodies course with toxins -- that ensure they are left pretty well alone. Not periodical cicadas. There are simply too many of them to be wiped out by predators. Their sheer volume is a survival tactic scientists call "predatory satiation."
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F'in A.
Here's the rest of the article (although you may have to register to read it, if you care that much)
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03-30-2004, 07:09 AM
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I am not afraid of bugs, but seriously, anything with an 'ovipositor' just sounds like it should be intimidating. Like its gonna attack me and I'll wake up with little worms breaking out of eggs that were depositied in my ears or nose or throat while I was asleep.
Millions of them?
Creepyness - in bulk.
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03-30-2004, 10:27 AM
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I'm scared sh*tless, no lie
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05-09-2004, 03:28 PM
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I'm going to Maryland in 2 and a half weeks.. you think they'll still be out?
I've never seen anything like this before and I'm curious about them... my boyfriend, who lives in Maryland and is a Virginia native.. has told me about them.. he's not nearly as excited as I am to see these buggers 
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05-09-2004, 03:34 PM
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05-10-2004, 12:16 AM
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If you start digging, you can see the little bastards. They're near the surface.
DOOMED
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05-10-2004, 01:06 AM
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Honestly, i am disgusted beyond reason and cannot force myself to look up the chart for fear of encountering another image of these CREATURES!
Does anyone know if Texas will be affected by the WRATH of the cicadas arounf July 4th?
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05-10-2004, 07:57 AM
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Does anyone know if Texas will be affected by the WRATH of the cicadas arounf July 4th?
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If I'm reading the chart correctly, they aren't scheduled to make an appearance in Texas this year.
I'm really freaked out by all this. I grew up in southern VA, sort of around Richmond, and I don't remember having them. Neither does anyone else I know from that area, so I don't think we really had them there. But in the DC area, all I hear is how bad they are, so I'm SCARED!
I will be wearing a hat every day until they are gone.
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05-10-2004, 08:02 AM
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tv had a story sunday that you can cook them and eat them. yuck.
i can't believe they would taste like chicken.
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05-10-2004, 08:31 AM
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I will be wearing a hat every day until they are gone.
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do they get in your hair or something?
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05-10-2004, 08:34 AM
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do they get in your hair or something?
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I've heard that they are stupid and fly into everything, including people's hair.
Another annoying thing will be trying to prevent my dog from eating them. Supposedly, dogs love the taste of them, but they get constipated if they eat them.
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05-10-2004, 08:40 AM
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Uggghhhh I am so glad I'm in Germany this summer. They're set to come to Kentucky this year (if I read that chart right) and I know they would creep me out. Does anyone know how long they stay around? I hope they're gone by the time I get back in August!!!
Are they out yet? Has anyone seen them?
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