Heh, those lovebugs are nothing. Up here in Illinois, we got cicadas (sih-KAY-duhs). Big-[wagon] flying cockroach things that make noises that sound like a canary with leningitus combined with a screaming bee.

 

 

 

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Very creepy in the summer. And they can play dead for a week. Just when you approach one you think is dead it jumps at you :ohnoes:

I think they are finishing up around my part... I'll see If I can get a picture of them swarming around midday =).

 

 

 

Ever squished one? horrible smell. And they get on everything. NOt to mention they just up and die while on your door/window/solid surface, their copses collecting there...

 

 

 

And sometimes, they kinda get together, as is more than just two if you know what i mean :shock:

Nothing a tennis racquet/fly swatter can't fix :

 

We don't get them in England but we do get Crane Flies towards the end of Summer and into early Autumn which appear everywhere, I had 13 in my kitchen once, that was fun :P

Heh, those lovebugs are nothing. Up here in Illinois, we got cicadas (sih-KAY-duhs). Big-[wagon] flying cockroach things that make noises that sound like a canary with leningitus combined with a screaming bee.

 

 

 

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Very creepy in the summer. And they can play dead for a week. Just when you approach one you think is dead it jumps at you :ohnoes:

 

 

 

 

 

I love cicadas. Nothing like relaxing outside on a summer evening listening to them chirp (if you can call it that) away.

Nothing a tennis racquet/fly swatter can't fix :

 

We don't get them in England but we do get Crane Flies towards the end of Summer and into early Autumn which appear everywhere, I had 13 in my kitchen once, that was fun :P

 

 

 

What?? That might work if you have a whole army with fly swatters. And I mean it, those bugs are called lovebugs for a reason.

Heh, those lovebugs are nothing. Up here in Illinois, we got cicadas (sih-KAY-duhs). Big-[wagon] flying cockroach things that make noises that sound like a canary with leningitus combined with a screaming bee.

 

 

 

[hide=cicada][/hide]

 

 

 

Very creepy in the summer. And they can play dead for a week. Just when you approach one you think is dead it jumps at you :ohnoes:

 

 

 

 

 

I love cicadas. Nothing like relaxing outside on a summer evening listening to them chirp (if you can call it that) away.

 

once my friend caught it by the wings (don't ask how, he was only 10 too) and help it in my face :? I hate cicadas

Nothing a tennis racquet/fly swatter can't fix :

 

We don't get them in England but we do get Crane Flies towards the end of Summer and into early Autumn which appear everywhere, I had 13 in my kitchen once, that was fun :P

 

 

 

What?? That might work if you have a whole army with fly swatters. And I mean it, those bugs are called lovebugs for a reason.

 

They're really that bad? :o I feel lucky that I live in England right now. I'd heard of them, but I thought they were just another insect, but it sounds more like a recurring plague for the people who have to live with them.

Heh, those lovebugs are nothing. Up here in Illinois, we got cicadas (sih-KAY-duhs). Big-[wagon] flying cockroach things that make noises that sound like a canary with leningitus combined with a screaming bee.

 

 

 

[hide=cicada][/hide]

 

 

 

Very creepy in the summer. And they can play dead for a week. Just when you approach one you think is dead it jumps at you :ohnoes:

 

 

 

 

 

I love cicadas. Nothing like relaxing outside on a summer evening listening to them chirp (if you can call it that) away.

 

once my friend caught it by the wings (don't ask how, he was only 10 too) and help it in my face :? I hate cicadas

 

I must +1 to hearing them chirp at dusk, it is very relaxing. And catching bugs reminds me, last week my dad was cooking something and a wasp flew by his head, he turned around and grabbed it with a pair of kitchen tongs, and it was still alive! He handed it to me to go get rid of outside and you could feel the vibration from the wasp buzzing, It was awesome.

I know this thread is about lovebugs, but while we have cicadas on the mind here is a fun, tasty article:

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0503_040503_cicadafeast.html

 

 

 

Now I'm curious. Anyone want to organize a cicada fry? :thumbsup:

I've been to Florida once, but I've never seen them.

 

 

 

I do have a story, though. Once I saw two vultures mating on top of my neighbor's house. One of them was displaying much dominance, with all the wing-flapping. My mother told my little sisters to get inside the house. :lol:

 

 

 

I can't believe they were vultures, though.

Nothing a tennis racquet/fly swatter can't fix :

 

We don't get them in England but we do get Crane Flies towards the end of Summer and into early Autumn which appear everywhere, I had 13 in my kitchen once, that was fun :P

 

 

 

What?? That might work if you have a whole army with fly swatters. And I mean it, those bugs are called lovebugs for a reason.

 

They're really that bad? :o I feel lucky that I live in England right now. I'd heard of them, but I thought they were just another insect, but it sounds more like a recurring plague for the people who have to live with them.

 

 

 

They seem to have left my house alone for the most part... but yeah like a plague.

 

I think dad threw away the oil they jumped in. The top is oil, the bottom was...near solid.

 

 

 

Cicdas seem to be a pest too. Let's include them in here :thumbsup:

Arn't they those bugs that if you kill the will leave a big red spot thats hard to move and smells like [cabbage]?

 

What part of Florida?

 

 

 

Central, but those bugs are like everywhere down here. :uhh:

 

Weird, I live in South Florida, Idk whether or not they're down there. My friend says they don't and a book say's they do?

We have neither of them where I live, but I've been camping through parts of the midwest, and the cicadas are absolutely horrible. They'll keep you up all night if you can't get used to em fast.

 

What part of Florida?

 

 

 

Central, but those bugs are like everywhere down here. :uhh:

 

Weird, I live in South Florida, Idk whether or not they're down there. My friend says they don't and a book say's they do?

 

They only seem to show up around fall on the west coast. Btw what part of south Florida are you from?

 

What part of Florida?

 

 

 

Central, but those bugs are like everywhere down here. :uhh:

 

Weird, I live in South Florida, Idk whether or not they're down there. My friend says they don't and a book say's they do?

 

They only seem to show up around fall on the west coast. Btw what part of south Florida are you from?

 

Fort Lauderdale

Never seen Lovebugs, and I've always seen Ciadas, but for whatever reason, they weren't around this year.

 

 

 

Just to clarify, are Cicadas those things that leave their shedded shells on trees and outdoor equipment?

Yeah, those are cicadas. They aren't always around each year because their own a schedule of sorts. Here Wikipedia describes it pretty well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada#Life_cycle

Yeah, those are cicadas. They aren't always around each year because their own a schedule of sorts. Here Wikipedia describes it pretty well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada#Life_cycle

 

 

 

Thanks :P

 

 

 

Hmmm, so their like locusts in when they do and don't come out.

There are a lot of Cicadas where I live, and I'm used to them singing : its just too silent in the winter when they aren't around :cry:

If there was such a place as Hell and a crack in the ground opened up so that the denizens of Hell could walk the surface of the Earth, I expect a cloud of those red-eyed winged cicadas would be the first thing to fly out.

 

 

 

Did I mention that I hate cicadas? :twisted:

Ugh cicadas we have so many.....Good thing its still early spring.

 

Especially as we have heaps of trees.........

We have extremely little cicadas up here in cold connecticut but can anyone tell me what they're like in swarms?

^^^

 

 

 

Oh gawd. Hope that you never see a swarm.

 

 

 

Where I live, we have the 17 (or whatever) year ones, where hundreds of thousands/millions of them come out of hibernation at the same time. The constant buzzing drowns out pretty much everything, you literally can't take a step without crushing a few, and if you move a tree, a swarm will take off and fly around for a few seconds. They are freaking annoying. But the dogs love them...

 

I love cicadas. Nothing like relaxing outside on a summer evening listening to them chirp (if you can call it that) away.

 

Summer just isn't summer with the droning of cicadas in the background. That isn't sarcasm. I find it really interesting how they can be so loud.