+JMBella Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) This is a great article about the emergence of the Cecada. I figured I would post it so nobody freaks out thinking it was the end of the world while out geocaching. These bug emerge once every 17 years, we're talking billions of them. Basically the come out from the ground, they crawl up anything vertical, they mate, then they keel over and die. Nice life. I can see it now. A new hiding technique. Hidden under a mound of Cicadas and branches. Edited April 5, 2004 by JMBella Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Dang, and here I thought this was a thread about mass transit..... Quote
+New England n00b Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Well, to be fair, i think it kinda IS a bout mass transit... They didn't say PEOPLE, per se... But um... what article? Quote
+DeskJocky Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Ugh, we had a "minor" showing of then back in 1999. They where annoying, and VERY hard to clean off of your car. I do not look forward to listening to these things while I am caching out in the woods. Quote
+Stunod Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 I thought it was a thread about Sparky's short bus! Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Historically speaking, these nasty critters have been responsible for thousands of people going insane and many of those committing suicide because of the annoying sound they make. I hates'em! Quote
+JMBella Posted April 5, 2004 Author Posted April 5, 2004 AHHHHAAAAA! I can't believe it wrote that not once but twice!!! Of course I meant to say the BUGS are coming. LMAO!!!! The BUS!!! I'm never going to here the end of this am I? Quote
+carleenp Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 We had a hatch near here around 4-5 years back. I remember that I specifically went camping to hear them, but I'm pretty nerdy about such things. Quote
Keystone Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) I have edited your topic title from "The Bus are Coming" to "The Bugs are Coming." Twice. When you have recovered your laughed-off posterior, kindly sit on it, look at your monitor, find the link to the article you were trying to discuss in this thread, and post that link, so as to avoid further degeneration of this topic into something out of a Seinfeld episode. Behold the power of cheese. EDIT: Ahhhh, the link was posted while I was typing this masterpiece of moderation. My work is done here. NM Edited April 5, 2004 by Keystone Approver Quote
+JMBella Posted April 5, 2004 Author Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) Thanks Keystone... Edited April 5, 2004 by JMBella Quote
Keystone Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 You're quite welcome. I'll be sure to add "Bus Repellent" as an essential item on my checklist for urban geocaching expeditions. Quote
+mihiker Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) We had a hatch near here around 4-5 years back. I remember that I specifically went camping to hear them, but I'm pretty nerdy about such things. Hmmm. People look at me funny when I say things like that. (Or maybe they just look at me funny all of the time...) Edited April 5, 2004 by mihiker Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 AHHHHAAAAA! I can't believe it wrote that not once but twice!!! Of course I meant to say the BUGS are coming. LMAO!!!! The BUS!!! I'm never going to here the end of this am I? Not in my lifetime! Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Back on topic here...We have a similar bug in the forests of New Mexico. It's really annoying hearing this buzzing sound coming from all the trees. Not sure if they're related species or not. Quote
+bons Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Other people plan camping trips timed in the middle of the outbreak, because they want to experience it in its full intensity," he said. Having experienced the living hell this results in all I had to ask myself what kind of person whould want to camp in that insanity storm. We had a hatch near here around 4-5 years back. I remember that I specifically went camping to hear them, but I'm pretty nerdy about such things. Now I know. Quote
+wimseyguy Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Well, as they said back in the 60's-either you're on the bus or you're off the bus. Ohh bugs, then this is BOT: According to Kritsky, the best time to eat a cicada is just after they break open their youthful skin. "When you eat them when they're soft and mushy, when they come out of their skin, they taste like cold, canned asparagus," he said. Speaking as someone who has cooked and eaten more bugs than most of you; um no thanks. I only get paid to deal with it once a year. Quote
+carleenp Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Speaking as someone who has cooked and eaten more bugs than most of you; um no thanks. I only get paid to deal with it once a year. Fried crickets aren't bad. Those should be added to the menu. Quote
Pipanella Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 I actually like hearing them. It means that it's summer. Much nicer than hearing the snow plow. Quote
+Cache Viking Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Yuck .... This sounds like the swarm that went through Arizona up near I40 about 3-years ago. It was so bad people were skiding out of control on the Highway as if they were on ice. I am glad we went through the the day before it peaked. My daughter would still be in therapy. Quote
+TeamK-9 Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 I could have sworn the cicadas were here a few years ago, I don't think I've seen them much though... Quote
+Stem Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Love the new avatar JMBella Way to take the proactive approach about the teasing that you will / are goin to recieve Quote
+olbluesguy Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Warning ...Don't plant any new trees this year until they go back under ground OBG. Quote
+Red Clover Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 About 5 yrs ago we had a "outbreak" of them here.. my brother and I both walked around thinking we were hearing things till one day he said.. hey do you hear that? We are both city kids..it was creepy.. mom lives on 5 acres of woodland and the noise about drove me to drink while I was there!!!! Quote
+JMBella Posted April 6, 2004 Author Posted April 6, 2004 Love the new avatar JMBella Way to take the proactive approach about the teasing that you will / are goin to receive I've been surprisingly spared. I could have sworn the cicadas were here a few years ago... The cicadas had a small emergence in 2000. That was nothing compared to what's coming. Quote
Pipanella Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Yes, they're here every summer, but nothing like what's coming. Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Yes, they're here every summer, but nothing like what's coming. We're talking about the 17 year cicadas....not the common cicada....the 17 year cicadas are very identifiable by their uniquely annoying sound....they make the common cicadas sound like butterflies by comparison! Quote
+wimseyguy Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Speaking as someone who has cooked and eaten more bugs than most of you; um no thanks. I only get paid to deal with it once a year. Fried crickets aren't bad. Those should be added to the menu. We served some last year that were imported from Nigeria. Larger than my thumb! Crunchy outside, buttery inside. Needed lots of salt though. Quote
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