Let's see.....
A billion bugs flying amok vs. SoCal's fires, floods and earthquakes.
I Love LA!!!
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To: hole_n_one
But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.
We get cicadas every year. Some years it's the 17-year cicada, some years the 13-year cicada, but they show up in late May, early June every year. And they make a terrible racket. I actually enjoy hearing them every year.
2 posted on
05/20/2007 10:02:54 PM PDT by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
To: hole_n_one
These flying insects live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal will be mating.Not sure I blame them.
3 posted on
05/20/2007 10:03:44 PM PDT by
dighton
To: eyespysomething
Birds, squirrels and pets, especially dogs, love to eat them, and they are high in protein
There's nothing my wife likes to hear better than our dog crunching on a cicada ... LOL
8 posted on
05/20/2007 10:10:34 PM PDT by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
To: hole_n_one
“A single males shrill courtship call can reach 90 decibels, which is equivalent to a kitchen blender.”
I hate those danged things. I remember plugging my ears when I was a kid to drown out the sound.
11 posted on
05/20/2007 10:15:23 PM PDT by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: hole_n_one
I secretly hate those things.
To: hole_n_one; aculeus; Thinkin' Gal; Billthedrill
A billion bugs flying amok vs. SoCal's fires, floods and earthquakes. I Love LA!!!Its one damned bug or another.
15 posted on
05/20/2007 10:27:30 PM PDT by
dighton
To: hole_n_one
17 posted on
05/20/2007 10:49:31 PM PDT by
silver charm
(Duncan Hunter '08)
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20 posted on
05/20/2007 11:03:07 PM PDT by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: hole_n_one
To: hole_n_one
These flying insects live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal will be mating.
they are clumsy
A single males shrill courtship call can reach 90 decibels, which is equivalent to a kitchen blender.
But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.
sounds like teenagers to me
22 posted on
05/20/2007 11:37:01 PM PDT by
nathanbedford
("I like to legislate. I feel I've done a lot of good." Sen. Robert Byrd)
To: hole_n_one
My toddlers were fascinated with these things. They buzz around the ground in circles when they get older and can’t fly.
On long Island the yearly cicadas made a racket every august and july. At night you hear them whirring in the trees. When I moved, I actually missed them.
24 posted on
05/21/2007 12:37:29 AM PDT by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: hole_n_one
Countdown until someone claims all the extra cicadas this year is a result of global warming...
10, 9, 8, 7, ...
25 posted on
05/21/2007 12:49:24 AM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: hole_n_one
There for a big COLD surprise. It’s like 45 degree lows here!
27 posted on
05/21/2007 1:16:56 AM PDT by
endthematrix
(a globalized and integrated world - which is coming, one way or the other. - Hillary)
To: hole_n_one
After 17 years underground, billions of cicadas emerging
Let's legalize 'em.
29 posted on
05/21/2007 1:23:34 AM PDT by
Rastus
To: hole_n_one
If they could import the bugs to California you could have roasted bugs.
To: hole_n_one
32 posted on
05/21/2007 1:38:14 AM PDT by
Gamecock
(FR Member Gamecock: Declared Anathema By The Council Of Trent)
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33 posted on
05/21/2007 3:30:40 AM PDT by
GOP Poet
To: hole_n_one
1974. 1991. Heads up, Ft. Knox. Your turn again next year.
To: hole_n_one
Sex every seventeen years.
Story of my life :)
43 posted on
05/21/2007 4:40:35 AM PDT by
upchuck
(Who will support Fred Thompson? Anyone who enjoys a dose of common sense not wrapped in doublespeak.)
To: hole_n_one
They also come out in Missouri, it's not just states east of the Mississippi anymore. Apparently they have made the westward ho move.
I remember the last emergence of the 13 AND 17 year broods in Missouri. At least that's what the news told us.
It was deafening. You could be driving down Highway 13, with the windows up, the stereo blaring, and still hear them from the trees on the sides of the highway.
46 posted on
05/21/2007 5:02:51 AM PDT by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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