They’re Back!!! (After 17 Years)

[Steve H]

I'm wondering how they'd fair with the bug-a-salt gun. Probably just shrug it off. I'll let you know soon enough!

 

[Bearcarver]

Haven't seen any here yet bear but I'm sure it won't be much longer now that your seeing them, really not looking forward to it.

I'm sure you'll get yours soon enough, Jim!!

Bear

This year is cicadas. Thankfully, they aren't nearly as destructive as locusts. Just started hearing them the other night myself.
[They are most definitely edible]

Yup---I haven't seen any damage on my property.
However I won't be tasting one any time soon.
I did hear some people eat them---I'm sure they aren't PA Dutchmen.

Bear

Keep them in PA John. We don't want them here.

Chris

LOL---I'm handing out little Maps "North".

Bear

 

[chopsaw]

LOL---I'm handing out little Maps "North".

LOL . Had a neighbor that used to put mothballs along the property line . He said " Every time you spray your house , all the bugs run over here "
I made a bridge out of the bottom of a shoe box and a sign that said " This way " .
Put it over the line of mothballs .

 

[TNJAKE]

Loud as heck here also but I kinda like it

 

[chopsaw]

but I kinda like it

Sound like summer to me .

 

[Bearcarver]

Loud as heck here also but I kinda like it

LOL---I remember 17 years ago, when I'd be driving down a highway with areas of Homes, with Wooded lots between the homes.
With My Truck window open, the sounds were intermittent, and sounded like the following-----"Chheeeeeeeee" " Silence " "Cheeeeeeeeee" " Silence " "Chheeeeeeeee" " Silence "

It was kind of an "Eerie Feeling".

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Ok, so I now have one good reason for living in Minnesota. Those little sobs don't come this far north!!!

I don't blame them!! Too damn cold there!!
Maybe they're there, but refuse to come out of the ground!! LOL

Bear

Yup, we'll be getting them soon. The cool weather has slowed them down some.

Yup---Just like our Shad Run up the Delaware.

Bear

 

[bigfurmn]

Bear... Just for the record. Yeah it was 98 and humid here today. That's right... Summer sucks here too.

 

[Bearcarver]

I'm guessing that if you're seeing them now, it won't be long before they make their appearence here.

Yup---You can't be far behind us.
Right now, looking out my big front windows, from my Recliner, it looks like an attack by dozens of Mini-Choppers. They don't fly real fast)

Bear

I'm thinking in the next week or so and the maple in the backyard will be covered in them.

Yup---Won't be long!!

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Sure are noisy, I miss them as a background noise.
I grew up with them
Usually when they arrive it signals a fertile season coming, well down here anyway

That's interesting---Funny I've never heard that one, with all the PA Dutch sayings around here.

Bear

One thing I've heard here in Texas is that cicadas are a favorite snack of copperhead snakes.

Hmmm---I've seen them both here, and I would say they deserve each other.

Bear

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Slap some on the grill and let us know how they taste!

....
[They are most definitely edible]

LOL---I know some people eat them, but I don't happen to be one of them.

Bear

Interesting that there's an article on FoxNews website about not eating them if you're allergic to shrimp...

Don't eat cicadas if you are allergic to shrimp, shellfish, FDA warns

The Food and Drug Administration has a colorful warning for people with a shellfish allergy: don’t eat cicadas.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Bearcarver]

Interesting that there's an article on FoxNews website about not eating them if you're allergic to shrimp...

Don't eat cicadas if you are allergic to shrimp, shellfish, FDA warns

The Food and Drug Administration has a colorful warning for people with a shellfish allergy: don’t eat cicadas.

www.foxnews.com

Thanks GS !!!
However I didn't need Fox Noise to tell me.
I'm allergic to even think about eating such a Disgusting Creature!

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Here in the Southwest, when we hear the cicadas then we know the monsoon season is about to start.
I can hear them now.
No wait, that's just my tinnitus.
Sorry.

It's funny how similar the noise from these Cicadas is almost exactly like the Tinnitus noise I hear 24/7.
The Bugs are just louder.

Bear

I ate what the Aussies called mudbugs in Sydney years ago. I knew they came out of the ocean. As I recall, they were quite tasty.

Hmmm, It's funny how there are freshwater creatures that are just like saltwater creatures, accept for their size & their habitat. Our favorites Freshwater Minnow bait is the "Killifish", and there are also some in the ocean, but they're 2 or 3 times bigger.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

I'm wondering how they'd fair with the bug-a-salt gun. Probably just shrug it off. I'll let you know soon enough!

LOL---These beasts would probably Shrug it off, much like Arnold & Rambo shrug off AK-47 rounds !!

Bear

 

[Steve H]

I'm thinking the same Bear!

 

[PulledPorkSandwich]

Thanks GS !!!
However I didn't need Fox Noise to tell me.
I'm allergic to even think about eating such a Disgusting Creature!

Bear

I watched Tucker Carlson a couple nights ago and he ate some kind of cookie with a cicada baked into it on camera. He claimed it was delicious! Somehow, I'm still not up for trying one.

Our Texas cicadas are not out yet. They'll probably come out later this summer.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

It's funny how similar the noise from these Cicadas is almost exactly like the Tinnitus noise I hear 24/7.
The Bugs are just louder.

Bear

John, you are absolutely right.
The sound is very similar, it just sounds like they are off in the distance.
When I ask my wife if she hears them, she says "NO! You're just hearing things."

 

[Bearcarver]

Loud as heck here also but I kinda like it

We can easily do without this Racket !!

Bear

Sound like summer to me .

LOL---Summer in Hell, Maybe.
I'm glad my Logs are Thick enough to keep the noise out!

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Bear... Just for the record. Yeah it was 98 and humid here today. That's right... Summer sucks here too.

Wow!!
That would even be Super Hot for here!!

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

NOTICE:
OK guys---Bear Jr tested the Noise these Cicada make, from his back Deck, above the pond. He measured them to be 75db.
He measured his vacuum cleaner @ 73db.
Sustained 80db to 90db may cause hearing loss.

Bear