In the Cincinnati area, we are currently having an emergence of "cicadas." This particular breed of Cicada, indigenous to the Cincinnati area, is known as the "17-year-locust" (which is a misnomer because the Cicada is not a locust), so-called because the cicadas only emerge every seventeen years. They come out of hibernation to mate, and then lay their eggs (which then shall emerge in another seventeen years--circle of life, get it?). Cicadas do not bite or sting, and are harmless to humans; they are just a nuisance because they are EVERYWHERE. So anyway, I am only commenting because this is very unusual, as they already emerged in 2004 (2004 was only four years ago, not seventeen). So why are they coming out again, in 2008? Something "screwy" is going on with our "ecosystem" or our environment or something. If any of you are scientists, or "bug" experts, please help. Thanks in advance.
Oh, and while we're on the subject, I remember the previous time the cicadas emerged. The year was 1987, and I was but a boy of ten. I was in the fifth grade. We were on a "field trip" to see the Channel 5 news broadcast in downtown Cincinnati! I remember we were walking down the sidewalk to the newscenter, (at the time, I was doing a humourous shuffle walk to amuse my classmates), and all at wonce, I looked up and my teacher's back was covered in cicadas, just like Alfred Molina in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." By the by, if I have not mentioned this to you yet, back in '87, the local anchorman on the Channel 5 news in Cincinnati was none other than Jerry Springer! I met a future star! We ate hot dogs.
OH OH OH, and but also plus too, I forgot to mention, back in '87 there was a humourous song being played on the local radio stations, based on the "Cicada" craze. It was a parody of a popular jingle for a local "pizza" establishment called "Snappy Tomato Pizza" (pizza is a type of Italian cuisine consisting of flat bread covered in a tomato-based sauce and various toppings of choice). The song was called (wait for it) "Snappy Cicada Pizza"! LOL LOL LOL. The jingle went something like this: "SNAP! SNAP! Snaaaaappy Cicada Pizza..." (and there was "crunching" sounds in the background, as if to imply the voice actors recording the jingle were eating "bugs") LOL!!@!@!!!!~!`.
So anyway, the end.
Love, Wavy G
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:06:31 -0400, ^'^BatAttaK^'^ <n...@noway.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:40:37 -0400, Wavy G <godsspeciall...@gmail.com> >wrote:
>>So anyway, I am only commenting because this is very >>unusual, as they already emerged in 2004 (2004 was only four years ago, >>not seventeen). So why are they coming out again, in 2008? Something >>"screwy" is going on with our "ecosystem" or our environment or >>something. If any of you are scientists, or "bug" experts, please help. >>Thanks in advance.
>Maybe it's a different wave of bugs? Can there only be one batch of >17 year births? What if there are now three or four 17 year cycles >but spaced 4 year apart?
in florida, there are 17 broods, one for each year. go figure.
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> In the Cincinnati area, we are currently having an emergence of > "cicadas." This particular breed of Cicada, indigenous to the > Cincinnati area, is known as the "17-year-locust" (which is a misnomer > because the Cicada is not a locust), so-called because the cicadas only > emerge every seventeen years. They come out of hibernation to mate, and > then lay their eggs (which then shall emerge in another seventeen > years--circle of life, get it?). Cicadas do not bite or sting, and are > harmless to humans; they are just a nuisance because they are > EVERYWHERE. So anyway, I am only commenting because this is very > unusual, as they already emerged in 2004 (2004 was only four years ago, > not seventeen). So why are they coming out again, in 2008? Something > "screwy" is going on with our "ecosystem" or our environment or > something. If any of you are scientists, or "bug" experts, please help. > Thanks in advance.
> Oh, and while we're on the subject, I remember the previous time the > cicadas emerged. The year was 1987, and I was but a boy of ten. I was > in the fifth grade. We were on a "field trip" to see the Channel 5 news > broadcast in downtown Cincinnati! I remember we were walking down the > sidewalk to the newscenter, (at the time, I was doing a humourous > shuffle walk to amuse my classmates), and all at wonce, I looked up and > my teacher's back was covered in cicadas, just like Alfred Molina in > "Raiders of the Lost Ark." By the by, if I have not mentioned this to > you yet, back in '87, the local anchorman on the Channel 5 news in > Cincinnati was none other than Jerry Springer! I met a future star! We > ate hot dogs.
> OH OH OH, and but also plus too, I forgot to mention, back in '87 there > was a humourous song being played on the local radio stations, based on > the "Cicada" craze. It was a parody of a popular jingle for a local > "pizza" establishment called "Snappy Tomato Pizza" (pizza is a type of > Italian cuisine consisting of flat bread covered in a tomato-based sauce > and various toppings of choice). The song was called (wait for it) > "Snappy Cicada Pizza"! LOL LOL LOL. The jingle went something like > this: "SNAP! SNAP! Snaaaaappy Cicada Pizza..." (and there was > "crunching" sounds in the background, as if to imply the voice actors > recording the jingle were eating "bugs") LOL!!@!@!!!!~!`.
> So anyway, the end.
> Love, > Wavy G
I only had a few at my house but three doors down they were inundated with swarms.
the sound of them was deafening...
you should have come to my cookout we convinced one guy that tucking a drier sheet in his collar would protect him from the dreaded cicada.
We've got 'em here in north Texas, too. They show up every summer, so there's got to be 17 different batches of them. :)
When they mutate into full adults, they break out of their hard shell and fly away, leaving the empty pupae shell behind. As kids, my sister and our friends and I would find these empty shells all over the back yard. It was a very rare event when one day we found one still getting out of its shell. We watched it for quite a while... I think it took that big bug about an hour.
These have got to be the LOUDEST insects around! You can hear them through a closed window. One day my father was raking the grass in his front yard when a cicada jumped off an overhead tree branch and landed smack on top of his head! To make matters worse, that cicada's legs got caught in Dad's hair and couldn't get loose. So this finger-sized insect is screaming and buzzing like a mental patient and Dad has no idea what's going on. He's running in circles and grabbing at his head. Gave the neighbors something different to talk about for a change. :)
> When they mutate into full adults, they break out of their hard shell and > fly away, leaving the empty pupae shell behind. As kids, my sister and our > friends and I would find these empty shells all over the back yard. It was > a very rare event when one day we found one still getting out of its shell. > We watched it for quite a while... I think it took that big bug about an > hour.
> These have got to be the LOUDEST insects around! You can hear them through > a closed window. One day my father was raking the grass in his front yard > when a cicada jumped off an overhead tree branch and landed smack on top of > his head! To make matters worse, that cicada's legs got caught in Dad's > hair and couldn't get loose. So this finger-sized insect is screaming and > buzzing like a mental patient and Dad has no idea what's going on. He's > running in circles and grabbing at his head. Gave the neighbors something > different to talk about for a change. :)
Y.'s brothers who would tie cicadas up on strings and fly them like kites...or maybe, walk them like flying chihuahuas.
> When they mutate into full adults, they break out of their hard shell and > fly away, leaving the empty pupae shell behind. As kids, my sister and our > friends and I would find these empty shells all over the back yard. It was > a very rare event when one day we found one still getting out of its shell. > We watched it for quite a while... I think it took that big bug about an > hour.
> These have got to be the LOUDEST insects around! You can hear them through > a closed window. One day my father was raking the grass in his front yard > when a cicada jumped off an overhead tree branch and landed smack on top of > his head! To make matters worse, that cicada's legs got caught in Dad's > hair and couldn't get loose. So this finger-sized insect is screaming and > buzzing like a mental patient and Dad has no idea what's going on. He's > running in circles and grabbing at his head. Gave the neighbors something > different to talk about for a change. :)
Y.'s brothers who would tie cicadas up on strings and fly them like kites...or maybe, walk them like flying chihuahuas.
Sort of like that character in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". He was a trip.
In article <655892aa-a3bd-4d68-a065- 132992533...@a21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, fasci...@yahoo.com says...
> On Aug 2, 10:21 pm, "Matt J. McCullar" <mccul...@flash.net> wrote: > > We've got 'em here in north Texas, too. They show up every summer, so > > there's got to be 17 different batches of them. :)
> There are different species of cicada, some occur every thirteen > years, most have life cycles less that five years.
> The ones we got in Colorado came every year, but I was in DC for the > eruption a couple of years ago.
> There's no contest. The ones in CO were loud at night, but the din > from the infestation of the seventeern year cicada was overpowering.
locally we are expecting 4 different cicadas to synch their cycles sometime in the next decade.
> > When they mutate into full adults, they break out of their hard shell and > > fly away, leaving the empty pupae shell behind. As kids, my sister and our > > friends and I would find these empty shells all over the back yard. It was > > a very rare event when one day we found one still getting out of its shell. > > We watched it for quite a while... I think it took that big bug about an > > hour.
> > These have got to be the LOUDEST insects around! You can hear them through > > a closed window. One day my father was raking the grass in his front yard > > when a cicada jumped off an overhead tree branch and landed smack on top of > > his head! To make matters worse, that cicada's legs got caught in Dad's > > hair and couldn't get loose. So this finger-sized insect is screaming and > > buzzing like a mental patient and Dad has no idea what's going on. He's > > running in circles and grabbing at his head. Gave the neighbors something > > different to talk about for a change. :)
> Y.'s brothers who would tie cicadas up on strings and fly them like > kites...or maybe, walk them like flying chihuahuas.
On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:26:46 -0400, go go goblin! wrote: > In article <655892aa-a3bd-4d68-a065- > 132992533...@a21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, fasci...@yahoo.com says...
>> On Aug 2, 10:21 pm, "Matt J. McCullar" <mccul...@flash.net> wrote:
>>> We've got 'em here in north Texas, too. They show up every summer, >>> so there's got to be 17 different batches of them. :)
>> There are different species of cicada, some occur every thirteen years, >> most have life cycles less that five years.
>> The ones we got in Colorado came every year, but I was in DC for the >> eruption a couple of years ago.
>> There's no contest. The ones in CO were loud at night, but the din >> from the infestation of the seventeern year cicada was overpowering.
> locally we are expecting 4 different cicadas to synch their cycles > sometime in the next decade.
