~Cicada~ - Wildlife Gardeners

Sage · 07-04-2010, 11:27 PM

Magicicada, I think

It escaped!

One year when I was a kid summering in the country, my cousins and I collected these off the trees and put them on our clothes, wearing them all day. Did any of you do this too?

jack · 07-05-2010, 10:26 AM

No, I didn't. But in Doug Tallamy's book BRINGING NATURE HOME, he has a picture of his eleven year old daughter with them all over her while she smiles at the camera, completely unfazed by them.

biigblueyes · 07-08-2010, 07:38 AM

Nooooo, bugs were not good things at our house - dad was a farmer, and bugs were villians. All bugs. Mom would have disinfected us after she removed them if we had thought of that. . .

Glad to see you didn't have a problem wearing ugly bugs as a kid.

hazelnut · 07-08-2010, 07:41 AM

When I came to the South I was amazed how much noise they can make on a summer afternoon.

hazelnut · 07-08-2010, 07:44 AM

YouTube - Singing Cicadas

Sage · 07-08-2010, 11:06 PM

Wow!

will-o-wisp · 07-09-2010, 02:09 AM

When a friend from out of town came to visit during a year we had a large amount of cicadas he quite unexpectedly popped one of the empty shells into his mouth.
He said it made his lips kind of tingly and numb.
I guess this goes under the heading of stupid boy tricks.

hazelnut · 07-09-2010, 08:45 AM

The cicada's song is really quite loud --especially if there are a lot of them around. And there is nothing you can do about it except decide you are going to enjoy it.

It is quite pleasant--like frogs croaking on the twilight.

I didn't know about the chronic squirting though -- until I saw the video.

Sage · 07-09-2010, 02:02 PM

Yeah, when I was a kid and the cicadas were at that part of their cycle, I think we didn't watch them do that - we were too busy collecting the exoskeletons from every tree!

havalotta · 07-09-2010, 06:33 PM

My hearings so bad I don't even hear them anymore....

07-04-2010, 11:27 PM	#1
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	~Cicada~ Magicicada, I think It escaped! One year when I was a kid summering in the country, my cousins and I collected these off the trees and put them on our clothes, wearing them all day. Did any of you do this too? __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

07-05-2010, 10:26 AM	#2
jack Great Horned Owl Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northeastern MA	No, I didn't. But in Doug Tallamy's book BRINGING NATURE HOME, he has a picture of his eleven year old daughter with them all over her while she smiles at the camera, completely unfazed by them. __________________ "Know thyself." Oracle at Delphi

07-08-2010, 07:38 AM	#3
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	Nooooo, bugs were not good things at our house - dad was a farmer, and bugs were villians. All bugs. Mom would have disinfected us after she removed them if we had thought of that. . . Glad to see you didn't have a problem wearing ugly bugs as a kid. __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

07-08-2010, 11:06 PM	#6
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Wow! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

07-09-2010, 02:02 PM	#9
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Yeah, when I was a kid and the cicadas were at that part of their cycle, I think we didn't watch them do that - we were too busy collecting the exoskeletons from every tree! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

07-08-2010, 07:41 AM	#4
hazelnut WG Writer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA	When I came to the South I was amazed how much noise they can make on a summer afternoon.

07-09-2010, 02:09 AM	#7
will-o-wisp Rock Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Piedmont area NJ USA	When a friend from out of town came to visit during a year we had a large amount of cicadas he quite unexpectedly popped one of the empty shells into his mouth. He said it made his lips kind of tingly and numb. I guess this goes under the heading of stupid boy tricks.

07-09-2010, 08:45 AM	#8
hazelnut WG Writer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA	The cicada's song is really quite loud --especially if there are a lot of them around. And there is nothing you can do about it except decide you are going to enjoy it. It is quite pleasant--like frogs croaking on the twilight. I didn't know about the chronic squirting though -- until I saw the video.

07-09-2010, 06:33 PM	#10
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	My hearings so bad I don't even hear them anymore.... __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

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