I've eaten those fried, really chewy- other than that they didn't really taste of anything.
THAT'S WHAT THE FUCKING SOUND IS
If you pick one up and gently squeeze them, they will buzz.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy12sppepRQ&feature=related[/media]
Cicadas are everywhere in the East too. I live in Upstate New York, they're not quite here yet, but they will be soon. I actually like them; the shells are neat and the sound isn't THAT annoying
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[QUOTE=Sporbie;30165614]These are worse:
[img]http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Centipedes/HouseCentipede.jpg[/img]
You know why? They DON'T make a sound.[/QUOTE]
Fuck these things though
You wanna know a real douche bug? Fucking termites.
The fly in my computer at night and I have to kill at least 50 of those bastards a night with my mighty dictionary.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;30165806]I love that in Britain there are literally no dangerous or even annoying wild animals at all.
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Well except for the occasional adder or escaped panther.[/QUOTE]
What about chavs?
[QUOTE=Taloc111;30168073]If you pick one up and gently squeeze them, they will buzz.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy12sppepRQ&feature=related[/media][/QUOTE]
Oh my god. They do feel pain!
[QUOTE=Aurora93;30164457]op's got it wrong
it's the junebugs that are fucking annoying as hell
[IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j4ZpZLgssPU/TFsAJSLnqJI/AAAAAAAAAEY/9wpWkencnBo/s1600/u4_june_bug.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
took one to the face riding my bike at night, swear i almost lost an eye, these things literally break the sound barrier when flying at night, and they are blind
I love California!
[QUOTE=Sporbie;30165614]These are worse:
[img]http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Centipedes/HouseCentipede.jpg[/img]
You know why? They DON'T make a sound.[/QUOTE]
Sweet Jesus that's fucking creepy. Thankfully these insects don't live around here.
They leave their skin shells in our trees. It's creepy as fuck.
I live in Southern Ontario and I hear these bastards every summer.
OP, what the fuck is Jonathanland?
[QUOTE=Kopimi;30164985]Ugh, these things are here non-stop in Arizona.
Though honestly nobody cares, like OP says, they're just background noise.
I once found one of their shells stuck to my garage door :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]
Whaddya mean? I love going outside and hearing BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[QUOTE=mzathemind;30168964]I love California![/QUOTE]
Fuck yeah. The worst we get up here are mosquitoes, flies, and bees/yellow jackets fucking up our barbeques
[QUOTE=Dr.C;30169566]Fuck yeah. The worst we get up here are mosquitoes, flies, and bees/yellow jackets fucking up our barbeques[/QUOTE]
At least cicadas don't sting or give you malaria.
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Fuck cicadas they're annoying as shit in the summer.
[QUOTE=ilolled;30169403]OP, what the fuck is Jonathanland?[/QUOTE]
A country in North America. It's not recognized by the US for obvious reasons (it challenges it's sovereignty over the region).
Wait where the hell is JohnathanLand?
I know North America, but where in North America?
[QUOTE=Aurora93;30164457]op's got it wrong
it's the junebugs that are fucking annoying as hell
[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j4ZpZLgssPU/TFsAJSLnqJI/AAAAAAAAAEY/9wpWkencnBo/s1600/u4_june_bug.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
What about the Japanese Beetles. Some dipshit asshole brought 'em over to Illinois, they got damn horny, and now half the time I spend volunteering at my local museum is wasted on capturing those fuckers so they don't ruin the lovely garden outside! (The other half is mind-numbing geology classification and sorting. I really like the museum but FUCKING HELL, why can't I do any of the funner, physical shit the other volunteers do?)
Cicadas are a great bait for fishing.
Cicadas aren't annoying at all. They're not even that loud to begin with, and once you've been living in an area with them for awhile you don't notice it just as you don't notice every individual bird chirp or car passing by.
They haven't hit New Orleans yet, but I can hear them coming...:ohdear:
Canada has like, nothing exotic.
I don't even get earthquakes where I live.
[img]http://trolledbot.net/pix/2046.jpg[/img]
On topic however: OP is over-reacting. The sound they make is pretty bad, but not bad enough to rip my own ears off.
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OK OP, after watching a couple of Youtube videos of areas with dense Cicadian population, I kind of agree with you.
[QUOTE=rilez;30168278]Cicadas are everywhere in the East too. I live in Upstate New York, they're not quite here yet, but they will be soon. I actually like them; the shells are neat and the sound isn't THAT annoying
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Fuck these things though[/QUOTE]
The sound may not be that annoying for you, but I think it's annoyance is relative to the... I guess 'population density' of cicadas around you. If there's enough of them the level of noise they create can literally be baring on deafening and it becomes almost unbearable to deal with.
I've actually gone outside some summer nights and started to scream at bushes filled with cicadas yelling stuff like, "SHUT THE FUCK UP!", and, "I'LL KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!" Surprisingly, it actually works for 5 or 10 minutes. They go silent and they stay silent... for a short period of time. Then they're right back to blasting their annoying sounds out of the bushes again.
every 195 years all of them come out of the ground at once
[h2]all of them[/h2]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYLxxALTfAQ[/url]
Very interesting insects.
[QUOTE=An Armed Bear;30172042][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYLxxALTfAQ[/url]
Very interesting insects.[/QUOTE]
That was fascinating.
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