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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070520/ap_on_re_us/cicada_invasion

Hide your women! :eek:

I was in Washington D.C. one year and there were swarms of them, you could barely walk without crunching on them...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070520/ap_on_re_us/cicada_invasion

Hide your women! :eek:

And your children.

And the number zero!

I. Hate. Bugs.........ughhhhhhhhhh *shudder*

I. Hate. Bugs.........ughhhhhhhhhh *shudder*

I sympathize. I was in elementary school during the last major brood in our area. They were everywhere. You couldn't get into and out of the school without crunching a dozen of them. I. Hate. Them!

I was around in 2004 when the last big one came through. It was impossible to walk outside without encountering a zillion cicadas, dead, alive, or in hollow shell form. Blech! Glad it's just the midwest that's getting hit this year...I paid my dues.

Atually cicadas are complety harmless; the don't sting, bite or anything. They're pretty much the cow of the insect kingdom, all things considered.

Atually cicadas are complety harmless; the don't sting, bite or anything. They're pretty much the cow of the insect kingdom, all things considered.

they're also very loud and annoying as well

Atually cicadas are complety harmless; the don't sting, bite or anything. They're pretty much the cow of the insect kingdom, all things considered.

Yes, but they're CREEPY. And quite loud.

I was around in 2004 when the last big one came through. It was impossible to walk outside without encountering a zillion cicadas, dead, alive, or in hollow shell form. Blech! Glad it's just the midwest that's getting hit this year...I paid my dues.

Aye. I was in panic mode until I realized they weren't coming this far east. *phew*

WGN predicted May 22 as the date they begin to appear in my area. My cousins in Wilmette (north burbs) saw their first ones today. The next month is going to suck when I'm outside. I'm just glad that any trees around USCF were destroyed in 1990 when the built the new ball park. Also having my season tickets in the upper tank means that any of the cicadas around the ballpark shouldn't be a nuisance for me. :D

Atually cicadas are complety harmless; the don't sting, bite or anything. They're pretty much the cow of the insect kingdom, all things considered.

Actually, Cicadas only come out for one reason:

Sex. They have 30 days to live and they want one good fuck before they die. So cut em a little slack. ;)

Cicadas do have a great life though. They live for 30 days and do nothing but eat and have sex.

they're also very loud and annoying as well

That's just the males, the females don't make sound. As for the 2004 I thought that didn't happen, I'm here in michigan and the occasionally make it up here but it never happened. Is it the magicicada? they only emerge every 17 years.

I just realized a huge "oh shit." The cicadas are still going to be around peak for the first week of The Taste. I think I might forgo it this year. I was too young to remember the last time the 17 year cicadas came out. I heard it was really bad though. Grant Park has to be hell around cicada season.

Actually, Cicadas only come out for one reason:

Sex. They have 30 days to live and they want one good fuck before they die. So cut em a little slack. ;)

I wasn't mocking them; I respect pacifists. Cows fuck too you know.

That's just the males, the females don't make sound. As for the 2004 I thought that didn't happen, I'm here in michigan and the occasionally make it up here but it never happened. Is it the magicicada? they only emerge every 17 years.

No, the 2004 bunch came out just along the extreme east coast, like here in Maryland. Now you Michiganers are going to get it, and we're not.

Aye. I was in panic mode until I realized they weren't coming this far east. *phew*

Yeah, we'll get a few but nothing like in 2004.

Actually, Cicadas only come out for one reason:

Sex. They have 30 days to live and they want one good fuck before they die. So cut em a little slack. ;)

can't they do that in the comfort of their own underground homes?! :mad:

No, the 2004 bunch came out just along the extreme east coast, like here in Maryland. Now you Michiganers are going to get it, and we're not.

MICHIGAN!?! They don't go any further up north than that do they?? :eek:

MICHIGAN!?! They don't go any further up north than that do they?? :eek:

sometimes as far as the upper pennisula.

I wasn't mocking them; I respect pacifists. Cows fuck too you know.

They're amateurs.

Cicadas fuck like they only have a month to live. :)

can't they do that in the comfort of their own underground homes?! :mad:

They're exhibitionists. :)

sometimes as far as the upper pennisula.

Good bye, i shall be in Nunavut until they leave....

Atually cicadas are complety harmless; the don't sting, bite or anything. They're pretty much the cow of the insect kingdom, all things considered.

Except if you try to catch one as a pet and miss, it will take off and piss on you.

I still remember the swarm of '91 or '92, whichever it was. Carpeted my entire neighborhood at least a couple thick. I remember those huge orange wings everywhere.

Looks like they'll still be around for Border War. The joy, the joy. Altho I'm told Vlad and Ernmas' encampment (where we'll be camping) gets quite loud once the booze starts to flow. Maybe the drummers and drunken revelry will drown the damn things out.

MICHIGAN!?! They don't go any further up north than that do they?? :eek:

We get the occasionally in Muskegon (the middle of the west coast of MI), but this looks to be a banner year. Gack.

Oooh, cicadas! I love those bugs! They're awesome! What other creature hibernates for seventeen years, eh? Pity none are showing up in Colorado...I'd enjoy seeing them.

Cicadas are the fucking balls. I'd mount them as soon as I'd mount a coelacanth.

We have them around every year here. Having an extra quabillion of them won't hurt any.

Chicago - Comming Soon.

All I know is that the ones that have came out of the ground today are probably not very happy. It got a little bit cold this afternoon (ie. in the 40s) Those poor buggers. I am really looking forward to seeing/hearing the swarms of them though. It sounds soo amazing, and I am going to be over 40 years old before they come back again, so I better get my fix now. =(

Haven't heard much about it around here recently so I don't think its expected. But the University of Ky entomology department lists Brood XIII expected to be scattered in parts of the state this year and Brood XIV doing the same in 2008.

CHICAGO - Coming soon: Brood XIII. It sounds like a bad horror movie. But it’s actually the name of the billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground.

The red-eyed, shrimp-sized, flying insects don’t bite or sting. But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.

Brood XIII is expected across northern Illinois, and in parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Cicadas live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal is mating.

Anyone from the midwestern U.S. remember the last time they came out? I was just a boy then, but I remember seeing them EVERYWHERE.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18780937/

their main goal is mating.
Sounds suspiciously like NS users.

Sounds suspiciously like NS users.

Maybe that's why I like this forum so much. ;)

Haven't heard much about it around here recently so I don't think its expected. But the University of Ky entomology department lists Brood XIII expected to be scattered in parts of the state this year and Brood XIV doing the same in 2008.

What boring names!

They should call one of them Brood Turbo 2000! :)

Hide your women! :eek:

What if they're interested in mating with men!? :confused:

Sounds suspiciously like NS users.

If I had a month to live, you're damn right I'd be looking for sex! And I'd be damn noisy about it too. :)

Originally from Indiana. We had a brood of cicadas most years. Several 17 year broods can be found in the area, along with other cicadas.

What if they're interested in mating with men!? :confused:

Then you won't want your women to see it. *nod*

If I had a month to live, you're damn right I'd be looking for sex! And I'd be damn noisy about it too. :)

30 days of non stop sex does sound appealing. Although, that's alot of body fluid being exchaged. Maybe a bit to much? Nahhhhhhhh :p

30 days of non stop sex does sound appealing. Although, that's alot of body fluid being exchaged. Maybe a bit to much? Nahhhhhhhh :p

They die of dehydration. *nod*

Then you won't want your women to see it. *nod*

I don't know if I'd want to see it. Although if I were blind folded and really really drunk, maybe just maybe I'd be willinging to participate. But I'd have to be on top!

They die of dehydration. *nod*

That's a death worth shooting for. :D

Let's see.. hurricanes, floods, fires, and a plague of insects..

I think God may be telling you something, America.

I can only see it now: people complaining that the bugs are a neussance to civilization and must be controled, but ho, they only want to mate? It's indecent, what do we tell our childeren? Somebody think of the fragile childern. Kill the neussance!


Seesh:rolleyes:

Let's see.. hurricanes, floods, fires, and a plague of insects..

I think God may be telling you something, America.

Any first-born Americans in here? :eek:

Yes, but they're CREEPY. And quite loud. One managed to get in my house, that noise... It just blasted my ears, made me dizzy.
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We should drop them in Iraq.

Let's see.. hurricanes, floods, fires, and a plague of insects..

I think God may be telling you something, America.

I think he's saying we need to follow the cicadas example. We have yet to master only screwing the world over. We help out from time to time. :p

they seem to be like any other 17 year old I know, the loud noises I mean not the constant mating :(:p

they seem to be like any other 17 year old I know, the loud noises I mean not the constant mating :(:p

And what of the acne? :p

Anyone from the midwestern U.S. remember the last time they came out? I was just a boy then, but I remember seeing them EVERYWHERE.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18780937/

Yep. I suppose it was Brood XII, if that's the notation. Lots of bugs. Though I don't remember them alive so much as dead in huge piles everywhere.

Any first-born Americans in here? :eek:

No, unfortunately. Apparently, the first-born have the best genes. Me being 3rd or 4th probably explains my lack of any kind of talent at anything. :p

Though I don't remember them alive so much as dead in huge piles everywhere.

Yeah I remember seeing that to. Also though, they would shed their outter shells, and the wind would blow them around. Kind of gross really.

Yeah I remember seeing that to. Also though, they would shed their outter shells, and the wind would blow them around. Kind of gross really.

Yes. I also remember that not everyone at my school had seen them, meaning they swarmed certain areas but not others. I mostly remember stepping on them, and the piles of orange wings all over the place.

And what of the acne? :p

I assume they also use gallons of clearasil (they both also have read eyes?)

oh right I'm 17 :p

Any first-born Americans in here? :eek:

I'm my mother's first child...

However my older half-sister is my dad's...

Would I be first born?!?! :eek:

can't they do that in the comfort of their own underground homes?! :mad:
No, they can't. They don't have the internet. They really need to get outside...

Let's see.. hurricanes, floods, fires, and a plague of insects..

I think God may be telling you something, America.

get your facts right

I'm my mother's first child...

However my older half-sister is my dad's...

Would I be first born?!?! :eek:

They'd kill your whole family for having such a blasphemous relationship!

How dare you people speak ill of the Cicadas, they're not here to defend themselves.

... yet.

No, they can't. They don't have the internet. They really need to get outside...
Although, I have to admit - they sometimes do end up in a series of tubes...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Magicada_septendecim.jpg

Magicada septendecim - the one with the 17-year-cycle.

I found it dead on the porch in 2004 in NC.

Really hope it at least got some before I drowned its corpse in alcohol! ;)

How dare you people speak ill of the Cicadas, they're not here to defend themselves.

... yet.
One day, they will mutate into scary fighting bugs and take over Midwestern America. :eek:

One day, they will mutate into scary fighting bugs and take over Midwestern America. :eek:

http://op-for.com/starship%20troopers.jpg

http://op-for.com/starship%20troopers.jpg
Why do I have a vague feeling that I've seen this movie before? :confused:

One day, they will mutate into scary fighting bugs and take over Midwestern America. :eek:
I for one will welcome our new bug overlords...
...with lead. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Trooper.gif

Why do I have a vague feeling that I've seen this movie before? :confused:

Anyone who hasn't seen this classic has already killed themselves. Seeing as you are currently posting, I would assume that you have seen it already.

I'm my mother's first child...

However my older half-sister is my dad's...

Would I be first born?!?! :eek:

You'll know soon enough. :)

Although, I have to admit - they sometimes do end up in a series of tubes...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Magicada_septendecim.jpg

Magicada septendecim - the one with the 17-year-cycle.

I found it dead on the porch in 2004 in NC.

Really hope it at least got some before I drowned its corpse in alcohol! ;)

Ironic; It got laid THEN got drunk! :p

Ironic; It got laid THEN got drunk! :p
Ooh! Good one. ;)

http://op-for.com/starship%20troopers.jpg
Those are the apocalyptic cicadas. Only come out of the ground during the apocalypse.

Do these cicadas destroy crops, or anything to that effect?

Do these cicadas destroy crops, or anything to that effect?

I don't believe so. I'm not even sure that once they come out of the ground they eat at all. These suckers are just noisy (and horny).

Locusts on the other hand...

I was out in DC for the 2004 swarm, now I get to be here for the 2007. Figures, now that we've actually got the money to go to the Taste...

I don't believe so. I'm not even sure that once they come out of the ground they eat at all. These suckers are just noisy (and horny).

Locusts on the other hand...

I was out in DC for the 2004 swarm, now I get to be here for the 2007. Figures, now that we've actually got the money to go to the Taste...

Damn it. I was hoping someone would starve to death.

Damn it. I was hoping someone would starve to death.

If they got hungry they could eat some cicadas.

http://op-for.com/starship%20troopers.jpg

Hmm, a giant bug that spends much of it's life underground and only surfaces to spray its bodily fluids everywhere...

Yeah, it's a cicada.

They were supposed to come out of their dormant state in the Northeast a few years ago-but very few were seen.

Scientists reported that there was so much building and development in the preceeding 17 yrs that the cicada were disturbed/killed,etc... and thats why we saw so few.

Right now, they are spraying this area for gypsy moth catepillars.

Their beautiful.
Me and heaps of other kids used to collect them in the bush and take them to school in our lunch boxes then swap them at recess.
The most common cicada in our buzzing plastic lunch boxes, was the brown baker, followed by the green grocer, then a yellow mundy, followed by black princes, then the best of all the red cherry, which was just like a black prince, except it has a bright red nose, the cicadas would be swapped, say five brown bakers for a black prince, etc then insects would be pushed back into their new lunch boxes, and put back into the school bags.
Great fun being a kid.

Damn it. I was hoping someone would starve to death.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Bugs.gif

Yes, they're after you.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Bugs.gif

Yes, they're after you.

:eek:


*hides*

Their beautiful.
Me and heaps of other kids used to collect them in the bush and take them to school in our lunch boxes then swap them at recess.
The most common cicada in our buzzing plastic lunch boxes, was the brown baker, followed by the green grocer, then a yellow mundy, followed by black princes, then the best of all the red cherry, which was just like a black prince, except it has a bright red nose, the cicadas would be swapped, say five brown bakers for a black prince, etc then insects would be pushed back into their new lunch boxes, and put back into the school bags.
Great fun being a kid.

we had baseball cards

I don't mind the Cicadas as much as I mind the Cicada Killers... big ass wasps that are not at all good tempered. If there are lots of cicadas there will be lots of them too...

:eek:

*hides*
They're only after "Die Kartoffelfabrik" because he made such "nice" comments. *nods*

we had baseball cards

lol

Cicadas are awesome. When we had our invasion a couple years back it was really fun seeing some of the women freak out and start carrying flyswatters as they were terrified of the things. Its true that you couldn't get into your car or go into your house without at least one cicada hitching a ride with you but still, why freak out over something that doesn't harm you?

I haven't seen any yet. :headbang:

maybe we can turn them into bio-diesel