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US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide
The Guardian ^ | 4/7/24 | Oliver Milman

Posted on 04/14/2024 6:55:39 PM PDT by DallasBiff

The last time Brood XIX and Brood XIII emerged from underground at the same time, Thomas Jefferson was president.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: bugs; cicadas; insects; swarm; thomasefferson
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To: DallasBiff

How in the world did they come up with the cicadas having STDs???!!!

Just trying to cause MORE fear in us???


21 posted on 04/14/2024 7:14:05 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Fai Mao

22 posted on 04/14/2024 7:14:31 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: hardspunned

Same here. Tree frogs. Crickets. Cicadas. I got ‘em all.


23 posted on 04/14/2024 7:14:48 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DallasBiff

Integral part of the longitudinal life cycles of many other creatures, whose boom and bust follows along with the food glut provided by the cicadas. Also, a respite year for species that would otherwise have been predated (plants & animals).


24 posted on 04/14/2024 7:15:21 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: hardspunned

Have you tried this? It has helped quite a few people with their tinnitus!!!!

https://np.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/3l3uri/these_guys_lighting_a_mortar_shell_in_their_garage/cv3474n/


25 posted on 04/14/2024 7:16:20 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: DallasBiff

I know I’m braced.

I have been through these emergences several times. They’re all over the place and they are very noisy, and that’s about it. From the map I have seen, there is very little overlap, if any, between the two broods.

But to get in line with the spirit of the times, I offer this hopeful verse:

We’ll meet again,
Don’t know where,
Don’t know when.
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day.


26 posted on 04/14/2024 7:16:26 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: DallasBiff

fry em up w S&P and g powder


27 posted on 04/14/2024 7:16:42 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: All

Just think: if those trillion cicadas brought just a dollar each, they could pay for 0’Biden’s spending for a couple months.


28 posted on 04/14/2024 7:23:03 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: DallasBiff
Total hyperbole, yes cicadas are annoying, but they just want to make whoopee, and then they burrow back into the ground.

They don't eat anything after they surface, and after they mate and lay eggs, they die.

29 posted on 04/14/2024 7:29:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: DallasBiff

Oh noes.....glow bull warming caused by burning “falsely” fuels may interrupt the cycle. How dare we?!


30 posted on 04/14/2024 7:37:01 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: DallasBiff
"US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide'

They're in for a big disappointment if they expect to find groceries at a wind farm.
31 posted on 04/14/2024 7:41:32 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: eastforker

Stink bugs here in NC.


32 posted on 04/14/2024 7:42:15 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Cicadas with STDs! Sharks with fricken lasers or at least intemperate Sea Bass!


33 posted on 04/14/2024 7:43:52 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Eccl 10:2

We had stink bugs last year, what a mess.


34 posted on 04/14/2024 7:49:28 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: hardspunned
Now, that's funny because I have tinnitus, too. But I actually love the sound; I find it calming. When I was in Japan, I visited a Japanese village in the mountains. A Japanese flute player played a beautiful traditional sakuhachi tune. The sound of the flute echoed off the surrounding rocks. It was summer, and mixed in with the music were the cicadas, I have loved that sound ever since.
35 posted on 04/14/2024 7:52:01 PM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
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To: LukeL

Every word you posted taught me something so I didn’t quote the whole thing. I love math. Thanks!


36 posted on 04/14/2024 7:53:49 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: DallasBiff

They are already here and the RATS are registering them to vote.


37 posted on 04/14/2024 7:53:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Gun show sales aren't the problem, public school zombie walkers are the problem.)
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To: OldGoatCPO

I’m pretty much used to it until I start thinking about it. It’s raging away now that I read this and am posting. By the time I go to bed it’ll be back to normal background noise. “Love it”, I’ve never heard that before though.


38 posted on 04/14/2024 7:58:20 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Free for life, or does bill gates own the rights to harvest them.


39 posted on 04/14/2024 8:06:09 PM PDT by Ronald77
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To: hardspunned

My tinnitus comes with hearing loss, so maybe that helps.😂


40 posted on 04/14/2024 8:09:06 PM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
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