Posted on 04/05/2024 11:40:01 AM PDT by nuconvert
A map of where two periodical cicada broods have been observed across the eastern U.S. shows the areas in which they are likely to emerge in the next few weeks.
Experts are predicting that the two populations, which have been hibernating underground for over a decade, will appear at the same time, carpeting an area from southern Wisconsin to the Carolinas with as many as a hundred trillion bugs.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
What happens if the two different broods mate with each other?
Cicadas suck sap from tree roots underground when they’re nymphs. The adults don’t eat. They won’t touch crops.
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Well, they do want us to eat bugs. I guess we’ll have them on abundance. Share favorite recipes!
OK, I like cicada pizza myself. The prune extract makes all the difference.
Whoa! Will they emerge before or after the earthquake on the day of the eclipse?
....BUT They are The Ugliest Bug EVER !
Earthquakes, total eclipse, cicadas, mass invasion....
What more?
Birds will eat them.
I know copperheads eat them too.
Tin foil hat time! When you look at the October eclipse path and the coming eclipse path, they intersect over southern Missouri. Near the New Madrid fault. Now Cicada’s will be all over Southern Missouri. End times indeed.
Y2K all over again.
Tastes kinda like spotted owl.
I blame global warming and the Bush 43 presidency. (Oh, and SUV’s too).
The Orkin Man says:
What Don’t Cicadas Eat?
Cicadas do not prey on other insects, are very unlikely to bite someone, do not suck blood, do not transmit any known diseases to people or animals and do not possess the type of mouthparts that enable them to consume the plants in your vegetable or flower gardens.
https://www.orkin.com/pests/cicadas/what-do-cicadas-eat
I’ll bet someone comes up with ‘Cicada on a Stick’ for this years State Fairs! ;)
Breaded and Deep Fried?
Covered in Honey?
Smothered in Cheese?
Peanut Butter Dipped?
Smothered in Chocolate?
Cicada Shish Kebab?
There’s money to be made here, People! It’s just lyng on the table for us! ;)
Not to mention an earthquake under NYC.
I remember one in NY/NJ area in the 70s. When someone said that noise is cicadas, I said it can’t be, because they only come every 17 years. Then I realized it had been 17 years since the last one.
So, you had delicious bass that night, with a little sprinkle of cicada for flavoring. Life is good!
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