> On Sat, 25 May 2013 11:05:13 -0600, Amos Nomore wrote:
>
> >In article <
d16cf50a-1a70-47d6...@googlegroups.com>,
> > Blackwingbear <
blackw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:44:38 PM UTC-4, Amos Nomore wrote:
> >> > I heard good eatin' especially immediately following emergence, before
> >> > the exoskeleton hardens.
> >>
> >> Fun to collect when I was young also.
> >> The shell makes a great monster for attacking
> >> your action-figures a la Toho.
> >
> >They cling so well and mindlessly. I made the mistake of cramming like
> >20 of them into a matchbox and ended up with a fishing tackle barrel of
> >monkeys and couldn't separate them without yanking their little legs off.
>
> Two summers ago I filled a tissue box full of them. Around 120, if I recall.
> It was awesome for grossing out the nieghborhood girls. I could never find
> another use for them. No one thought a cicada exoskeleton wreath would be
> appropriate for Christmas.
>
finding a cicada skin nestled within. Priceless.