Cicadas Are Coming Back!

[grndma1]

Then you could only travel every seventeen years.

[orange-n-brown 365]

Then you could only travel every seventeen years.

[sportsfanatic85]

Bassmaster
I think we should figure out a way to fuel our vehicles with locusts
Grandma1
Then you could only travel every seventeen years.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

THE LAST TIME THEY WERE OUT , YOU COULD NOT EVEN HEAR YOUR SELF THINK OUT HERE. RIGHT NOW I HEAR JUST A FEW, SOUNDS KINDA COOL. AT FIRST THOUGHT I WAS HEARING A BULLFROG. BUT STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF SHELLS. AND THEY WILL BITE , YOU HEARD IT HERE FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS, REGARDLESS WHAT THEY SAY. USUALLY THEY WON'T CONFRONT YOU IF YOU ARE USING A PIECE OF LAWN EQUIPMENT. BUT LAST TIME I WAS ON THE RIDING MOWER AND GOT PEARL HARBORED BY THEM.

[brutally honest]

If they are coming out now, when will they die and be done? This is a serious question because I'm not from around here.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

MAN, I REALLY CAN'T REMEMBER SEEMED LIKE THE WHOLE DANG LATE SPRING THROUGH SUMMER. BUT THATS BEEN A WHILE. I HATE EM. YOU COULD PROBABLY GOOGLE FOR THE ANSWER.

[brutally honest]

Thanks, I honestly didn't think of Googling it. The site I went to said that the adult cicada lives 4-6 weeks. You say they last the whole summer so that means they just keep coming and coming. Also, they say that mowing isn't recommended because it attracks the bugs.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

no just the opposite , when you are running a weedeater, mower, blower they shy away, , even horseflys will. and not usually try to bite while equipment is running. but this one particular time i just happened to be on the rider, and just got covered by them. another thing that will bite is those dang lady bugs they turned loose to feed the turkeys, but they will not eat them.

[brutally honest]

Ok, thanks for your advice.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

just my experience with them, never know. but i'm in a heavily wooded area.

[ballparent]

They must not like the heavy rain we're having because they're dragging their bodies onto my backporch, several of them.

[orange-n-brown 365]

gross and lucky you

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

I HAD A FRIEND HERE THE OTHER DAY, HE FISHES CONSTANTLY. HE HOPES TO FREEZE A COUPLE THOUSAND FOR FISHING. HE SAID TO GET THEM AS THEY COME OUT OF THE GROUND , THEN FREEZE THEM. THEY WILL COME BACK TO LIFE WHEN THEY THAW. WILL LIVE FOR AT LEAST A WEEK , HE KNOWS OF. BUT STILL USES THEM DURING THE YEAR.

[ballparent]

I HAD A FRIEND HERE THE OTHER DAY, HE FISHES CONSTANTLY. HE HOPES TO FREEZE A COUPLE THOUSAND FOR FISHING. HE SAID TO GET THEM AS THEY COME OUT OF THE GROUND , THEN FREEZE THEM. THEY WILL COME BACK TO LIFE WHEN THEY THAW. WILL LIVE FOR AT LEAST A WEEK , HE KNOWS OF. BUT STILL USES THEM DURING THE YEAR.

Nu-uh, no way, you really think so? I know it sounds freaky but I really will want to check this out to see if it really happens.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

I HAD INSURANCE WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD GOLD FISH, THEY FROZE DURING THE WINTER , AND CAME BACK TO LIFE, NO JOKE. I DID NOT BELIEVE HIM TILL I SAW IT MYSELF.

[biggdowgg]

just my experience with them, never know. but i'm in a heavily wooded area.

yeah he lives in hill jack country