Cicadas

monster · 07-31-2011, 11:19 PM

loud tonight

wolf · 08-01-2011, 12:19 AM

I hate the damn things reminding me how hot it is.

monster · 08-01-2011, 12:57 AM

I hate them too, now. Maybe that's why I didn't hear the shit who stole my bike

Bullitt · 08-04-2011, 02:38 AM

Personally I love the sound of them. Reminds me of doing some of my growing up in middle TN, in the heavily wooded, rolling hills. Left my windows open at night, got a nice cross breeze through my room, fell asleep listening to the sound every night of every summer for 8 years.

And then I moved goddamn Ohio

kerosene · 08-04-2011, 10:40 AM

We rarely hear them here. The other evening we did, though. I thought it was a siren in a nearby town at first.

I remember them from being really young in Missouri. I use to run around collecting the little shells off the trees. Then we moved to Ohio.

infinite monkey · 08-04-2011, 11:00 AM

Ummmm...we have cicadas in Ohio, you know.

It's not all Cleveland.

We have hills and farms and rivers and lakes and all kinds of stuff like they gots out there in Paradise. Even some TREES!

My brother built a football game out of cicada shells. They (the bugs) loved our Chinese Elm. He set up the defense and the offense and coaching and probably some people in the stands. Nutjob.

jimhelm · 08-04-2011, 11:06 AM

this one won't be troubling anyone any further.....

glatt · 08-04-2011, 11:27 AM

cicadas are so bizarre. When I look at one, I feel like I'm looking at a creature transported by a time machine 300 million years into the future.

When we had the big brood of them a few years back, I was distressed to see them drilling into a young sapling I had just planted so they could lay their eggs. Then I was fascinated to see other eggs hatching and the tiny little worms dropping out of the tree and onto the roof of our car. You would never notice the larvae, except you could see the trails they left trough the dew on the roof of the car, and there at the end of each trail was a tiny little squirming larvae.

Sundae · 08-04-2011, 12:30 PM

Oh that's what they are?
I thought they were like grasshoppers!

Wow.
They're weird.

footfootfoot · 08-04-2011, 12:49 PM

Cicada, Cicada
That trillin' bug
Cicada, Cicada
It'll fly around you, and buzz it
Bet your bottom dollar
You'll lose your appetite
Cicada, Cicada

infinite monkey · 08-04-2011, 12:52 PM

Locusts. Only not all biblical and stuff.

footfootfoot · 08-04-2011, 12:58 PM

And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
Of the lo custs of high-heeled bugs
Heeled bugs

Happy Monkey · 08-04-2011, 01:53 PM

More cicadas, from the 2004 17-year-cicada swarm. The smaller black ones with red eyes are periodic, while the big green ones are every year.

Sundae · 08-04-2011, 02:19 PM

Oh, wait - that's you HM? The same HM as you are here?
Bloody good pics, mate.

Happy Monkey · 08-04-2011, 04:33 PM

Thanks!

07-31-2011, 11:19 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cicadas loud tonight __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-01-2011, 12:19 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I hate the damn things reminding me how hot it is. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-01-2011, 12:57 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I hate them too, now. Maybe that's why I didn't hear the shit who stole my bike __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-04-2011, 02:38 AM	#4
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Personally I love the sound of them. Reminds me of doing some of my growing up in middle TN, in the heavily wooded, rolling hills. Left my windows open at night, got a nice cross breeze through my room, fell asleep listening to the sound every night of every summer for 8 years. And then I moved goddamn Ohio __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

08-04-2011, 11:06 AM	#7
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	this one won't be troubling anyone any further..... Attached Images __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

08-04-2011, 10:40 AM	#5
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	We rarely hear them here. The other evening we did, though. I thought it was a siren in a nearby town at first. I remember them from being really young in Missouri. I use to run around collecting the little shells off the trees. Then we moved to Ohio.

08-04-2011, 11:00 AM	#6
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Ummmm...we have cicadas in Ohio, you know. It's not all Cleveland. We have hills and farms and rivers and lakes and all kinds of stuff like they gots out there in Paradise. Even some TREES! My brother built a football game out of cicada shells. They (the bugs) loved our Chinese Elm. He set up the defense and the offense and coaching and probably some people in the stands. Nutjob.

08-04-2011, 11:27 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	cicadas are so bizarre. When I look at one, I feel like I'm looking at a creature transported by a time machine 300 million years into the future. When we had the big brood of them a few years back, I was distressed to see them drilling into a young sapling I had just planted so they could lay their eggs. Then I was fascinated to see other eggs hatching and the tiny little worms dropping out of the tree and onto the roof of our car. You would never notice the larvae, except you could see the trails they left trough the dew on the roof of the car, and there at the end of each trail was a tiny little squirming larvae.

08-04-2011, 12:30 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh that's what they are? I thought they were like grasshoppers! Wow. They're weird.

08-04-2011, 12:49 PM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Cicada, Cicada That trillin' bug Cicada, Cicada It'll fly around you, and buzz it Bet your bottom dollar You'll lose your appetite Cicada, Cicada __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-04-2011, 12:52 PM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Locusts. Only not all biblical and stuff.

08-04-2011, 12:58 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound Of the lo custs of high-heeled bugs Heeled bugs __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-04-2011, 01:53 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	More cicadas, from the 2004 17-year-cicada swarm. The smaller black ones with red eyes are periodic, while the big green ones are every year. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-04-2011, 02:19 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh, wait - that's you HM? The same HM as you are here? Bloody good pics, mate.

08-04-2011, 04:33 PM	#15
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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