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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Magicicada, I think
![]() 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? ![]() |
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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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.
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WG Facilitator
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA
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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.
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WG Writer
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA
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When I came to the South I was amazed how much noise they can make on a summer afternoon.
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WG Writer
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA
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#6 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Wow!
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Rock Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Piedmont area NJ USA
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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. |
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#8 |
WG Writer
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA
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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. |
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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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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!
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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My hearings so bad I don't even hear them anymore....
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