They're apparently pretty big in Japan.
They started coming out of the ground a few days ago and now they are swarming all over. Completely harmless but annoying. Some dogs love to eat them but they can eat too many and get sick.
They're apparently pretty big in Japan.
Reminds me of summers as a kid. I’d shoot them with my rubber band gun.
Cicada-Portobello Quiche
Filling:
1 Portobello cap
¼ – ½ C blanched, teneral cicadas
Cut the Portobello into cubes. Sauté in olive oil until cooked. A few minutes before the mushroom is done cooking, add the cicadas and stir. Temporarily, set this mixture aside.
Crust:
¾ C whole wheat flour
3 T olive oil
3 T water
Mix together. Use rolling pin to roll out between two sheets of wax paper. Carefully remove top sheet of wax paper, and flip crust over into quiche pan or pie plate. Remove second sheet of wax paper. Fit crust into pan, fixing top edge and patching holes. Note: crust will be very thin.
Assembly:
¾-oz. carton basil
½ lb (approx.) cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 375° F. Put the mushroom-cicada mixture into the crust and distribute evenly. Chop the basil and sprinkle evenly over the filling. Grate the cheese and sprinkle evenly over the basil.
Custard:
4 eggs
1 - 1½ T whole wheat flour
1¼ C whole milk
1 tsp (approx.) cinnamon
¼ tsp (approx.) nutmeg
Break the eggs into a bowl, and whisk slightly. Add the flour and seasonings, and whisk until mixed. Add the milk and whisk until mixed. Set the pan of quiche in the oven, on the oven rack, then pour in the liquid.
Bake at 375° F for about 30 min until the top is golden brown. Cool slightly before cutting.
— Janet Stein Carter
I remember the invasion of the 17-year variety when I was a kid in NJ in the 60’s. I can only imagine that a warmer clime and more agricultural land (eg; the South) would support a higher population of these things. The article say they (the 13-year) are larger, too.
As I recall, there were bazillions of them, everywhere. Driving down the street became like driving on a gravel road, you scrunched so many of them.
We must have a different breed of them here in Tampa as we get them every year. They’re real annoying if you’re running a table saw, or circular saw. They keep dive bombing into your head until you stop.
Is it possible that’s what I heard when driving thru Princeton, NJ back around 2005? In my rental car driving from Philadelphia to NY I decided to stop and take a look at the town of Princeton. All of a sudden this very loud sound appeared and I thought sure there was something wrong with the rental car.
Pulled into a parking lot and got out and what do you know — it was not the car! But what was it? Clearly it was not equipment of any kind, but I saw no bugs anywhere. There were lots of trees around so perhaps I just could not see bugs. It was early fall, in fact it was the weekend parents were getting their kids enrolled at Princeton.
Anyone have any guess as to what I was hearing? Once I got back on the road heading north the noise stopped abruptly. Crazy! We have a lot of odd things in So Cal, but nothing quite like that noise.
What sound do they make? LoL I hear them 24-7-365.
I can deal with the Cicadas, it’s the damn frogs that are driving me nuts.
Someone on another thread is saying it’s a sign that the end of the world is upon us.