MetaFilter posts tagged with cicadas

Sounds in the Nighttime Trees

interrobang — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:40:02 -0800

Sometimes mistakenly called "locusts", American cicadas come in a wide variety of colors, and make different and distinctive sounds. Some highlights: Diceroprocta viridifascia, Neocicada hieroglyphica, Tibicen marginalis, Tibicen pruinosa, Magicicada septendecim.

Katydid sing like a symphony

trip and a half — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:18:54 -0800

Singing Insects of North America Most of us have heard these little fellas performing their serenades of a summer evening. Some of their songs have a sort of lilting syncopation, others sound more like heavy metal of the industrial revolution variety. (.wav files) Check out the greatest hits list. Some are pretty. Some are ugly. Some are pretty ugly Some are bona fide coneheads. Anyway, there are lots of them to check out! (Related Mefi links here and here.)

Ladies & Gentlemen! Brood X!

grabbingsand — Fri, 07 May 2004 08:54:08 -0800

The Brood is Back. No, not that Brood. This brood.

Low-Carb Cicadas

meehawl — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:56:15 -0800

Cicadas best served sauteed in butter and parsley apparently, or if you want to go more upscale: "The soft-shelled cicada, it's done just like a soft-shelled crab," says executive chef Frank Belosic, describing how freshly molted cicadas should be rolled in flour, pan-fried in olive oil, and finished with a sauce of white wine, butter and shallots.