Comments on: Cicadamania

Cicadamania

y2karl — Mon, 10 May 2004 22:32:42 -0800

Cicadamania
Periodical Cicada Page
Brood X (17-year)
Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat
Invasion of the Brood - The 17-year cicadas are about to emerge in force

By: y2karl

y2karl — Mon, 10 May 2004 22:43:38 -0800

Your Big Fat Cicada Wedding Planner What you can expect 1. The bodies of dead cicadas littering the ground. 2. The constant hum of cicada song. 3. An occasional cicada landing on a guest. Guests screaming. 4. An occasional cicada crawling on a table, chair, barbecue.

By: premiumpolar

premiumpolar — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:06:47 -0800

Stop it! You're making me hungry!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:10:17 -0800

via AxMe?

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:11:36 -0800

Cicada Cookbook (pdf) Interview with author.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:23:04 -0800

Also see two years ago.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:25:18 -0800

via AxMe? No, didn't see that--via the Economist. I almost never read Askme--too geeky too often. Although, drat, I see Meehawl did the epicurean link already. I dared to not Google. Oh, well.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:35:46 -0800

I'm sort of jealous of my ex-statemates back in Indiana. But then I remember not being able to sleep for days because of the racket. I just spoke with one such denizen in his backyard via iChat yesterday and could hear the birdies tweeting, but no cicada roar. Yet.

By: skallas

skallas — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:43:21 -0800

I remember the cicadaes. "I dare you to eat it." "No, I dare you!" Good thing they aren't carriers of anything seriously fatal or humanity as we know it would cease to exist.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:54:21 -0800

Also see three days ago. Nice links, though.

By: dawna

dawna — Tue, 11 May 2004 00:18:15 -0800

They haven't come out here yet. Still watching and waiting. Cincy has started to see them so it shouldn't be long now :)

By: Mick

Mick — Tue, 11 May 2004 08:15:09 -0800

These sites are all LIES! Save yourself, find out the truth about the invasion! How do Cicadas mate? The female cicada injects her eggs under the skin of a small human child. The cicada pupae then grow inside the child until they reach maturity. Unless you protect your children they may become host to thousands of deadly cicada pupae.

By: grateful

grateful — Tue, 11 May 2004 08:22:38 -0800

University of Maryland has way cooler shirts...

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 11 May 2004 09:56:43 -0800

It's not an invasion, it's a liberation. Thanks, thanks, I didn't think I could do it, but I politicized a thread about bugs.

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Tue, 11 May 2004 14:20:09 -0800

During the last 17-year "liberation" (thanks, Hildago) I was passing through the architecture studios at the University of Cincinnati. The studios were not air-conditioned and had no screens, so cicadas were regular features in architectural models.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 11 May 2004 22:06:54 -0800

What should I do if a Cicada knocks on my door and pretends to be a Jehova's Witness? This is a common occurrence. If it happens to you don't panic. Simply invite the Cicada in to hear your Amway presentation. This is generally a strong enough repellant. Thank goodness for the net. It's an invaluable resource!

By: essexjan

essexjan — Wed, 12 May 2004 15:15:41 -0800

Thanks for these links, especially the Cicadaville one, which made me laugh out loud. I'm flying to Ohio from London on Saturday to visit friends and feel privileged that I will see this amazing emergence. Unstoppable forces of nature tend to get me right-sized in the world.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 12 May 2004 19:36:15 -0800

oh goodness, the auxiliary links are priceless. I was in Florida during the last "liberation"... I hate them...I have really long, really thick hair...which seems to attract them and I despise having bugs on me. bleh! If the liberation comes to Texas, I'm staying inside until it's over.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 19 May 2004 11:05:51 -0800

D'oh! I should have done the math--Bob Dylan wrote Day Of The Locusts upon receiving a degree from Princeton in 1970 and celebrated the emergence of Brood X two cicada generations ago. Tip via the NYT. Oh, the benches were stained with tears and perspiration, The birdies were flying from tree to tree. There was little to say, there was no conversation As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree. And the locusts sang off in the distance, Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody. Oh, the locusts sang off in the distance, Yeah, the locusts sang and they were singing for me.