Cicadas

Mato Winyan · 05-23-2004, 02:48 PM

We have had them now for a couple weeks... this last one being the busiest. You can sweep them up in front of our garage.... ewww
When we go out the doors it sounds like a freaky Japanese sci-fi movie from the 50's.

Anyone else have any 17 yr. wonder stories?

Mato Winyan · 05-24-2004, 02:38 AM

Smokin' Ace · 05-24-2004, 08:56 AM

We haven't seen them yet - but keep hearing about all these dang recipes...what's up with that???

ogapahndn · 05-24-2004, 12:44 PM

What is the big deal about Cicadas?? We have them every year here. Not quite as many as you are having now, but still have them. It's not spring without opening the window and listening to them sing. And let's not forget as a kid finding their shells stuck everywhere and collecting them.

Mato Winyan · 05-24-2004, 12:49 PM

Thing about these cicadas is they are the 17 yr. cicadas. They come out every 17yrs. breed... then the offspring go underground and feed for 17yrs. Just like clockwork.

There are different kind of cicadas that have different cycles.

And yeahhhhhhh.. we are findin the nasty carcasses all over.. and people are buyin em (fishermen) EWWW!!

durty-kawdayz49 · 05-24-2004, 12:50 PM

in oklahoma we call em locuts even though they are cicadas
I love the sound of them at powwow time you know its hot then!!!

**BurBz** · 05-24-2004, 01:10 PM

eewwww I hated them nastly lookin locuts or whatever... they were just big and ugly looking things *L* and they're sound ...when there are a lot of them... OMG!!!!

blaaaahhhh *L* those are ugly lookin things *L*

**Kool Breeze** · 05-24-2004, 01:14 PM

You mean you dont like their big red eyes? LOL!

Imagine if you saw a whole swarm of those things coming at you. That would scare the $hit outta me.

Singing Otter · 05-24-2004, 02:25 PM

lol I remember my dad talking about them and showing them to me when I was younger. He was like "Yeah they stay underground anywhere from 10-15 years.... So this is as old as you are". I was so amazed. Thought they were kinda cool. Looooooooove listening to them and whipperwills at night.

**Emmy** · 05-24-2004, 04:10 PM

when my mom first moved down here she was riding the bus and she had on a skirt and one had gotten up under her skirt and she felt it while she was sitting ont he crowded bus.... and it started to crawl up her leg...well she got off the bus and ran home. when she got home she jumped outta her skirt shook it and it fell out. she then went and got the broom and beat it into the carpet and left it there for my dad to clean it up...

Kio-Manche · 05-25-2004, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by durty-kawdayz49

in oklahoma we call em locuts even though they are cicadas
I love the sound of them at powwow time you know its hot then!!!

Dang!!! You brought back goot memories for me. I like the sound of locusts at a powwow when the sun is going down. Oh yeah! Thats heaven! And the smell of Off! It stinks, but it beats getting eaten alive by them mosquitos! LOL.

**ojibwaysweetie** · 05-25-2004, 02:27 AM

Ain't never heard of 'em.

They bite?

Kio-Manche · 05-25-2004, 03:05 AM

OJ, no they dont bite, but their legs are sharp and they are big suckers...so when they do land on you, it feels like they bite....LOL....You know it when you got one on you...

TacO5000 · 05-25-2004, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Numunu1971

Dang!!! You brought back goot memories for me. I like the sound of locusts at a powwow when the sun is going down. Oh yeah! Thats heaven! And the smell of Off! It stinks, but it beats getting eaten alive by them mosquitos! LOL.

reminds me of Stroud powwow!!! I can't wait!! locuts

05-23-2004, 02:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mato Winyan Gangster of Love Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,497 Blog Entries: 4	Cicadas We have had them now for a couple weeks... this last one being the busiest. You can sweep them up in front of our garage.... ewww When we go out the doors it sounds like a freaky Japanese sci-fi movie from the 50's. Anyone else have any 17 yr. wonder stories? __________________ "We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume

05-24-2004, 02:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mato Winyan Gangster of Love Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,497 Blog Entries: 4	__________________ "We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume

05-24-2004, 08:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Smokin' Ace Arena Director Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: United States Posts: 4,110	We haven't seen them yet - but keep hearing about all these dang recipes...what's up with that??? __________________ Everything is gonna be alright! Be blessed - got love??? This b me..... www.myspace.com/akayo

05-24-2004, 12:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mato Winyan Gangster of Love Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,497 Blog Entries: 4	Thing about these cicadas is they are the 17 yr. cicadas. They come out every 17yrs. breed... then the offspring go underground and feed for 17yrs. Just like clockwork. There are different kind of cicadas that have different cycles. And yeahhhhhhh.. we are findin the nasty carcasses all over.. and people are buyin em (fishermen) EWWW!! __________________ "We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume

05-24-2004, 12:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
durty-kawdayz49 Brownhighlites n my Kawds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: oklahoma Posts: 66	in oklahoma we call em locuts even though they are cicadas I love the sound of them at powwow time you know its hot then!!! __________________ give good sing hard and try not to fart infront a fine flat butt babe!

05-24-2004, 12:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
ogapahndn Downstream People Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: ok Posts: 511	What is the big deal about Cicadas?? We have them every year here. Not quite as many as you are having now, but still have them. It's not spring without opening the window and listening to them sing. And let's not forget as a kid finding their shells stuck everywhere and collecting them.

05-24-2004, 01:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
BurBz Dineth Hearth Throth Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: az Posts: 13,899	eewwww I hated them nastly lookin locuts or whatever... they were just big and ugly looking things L and they're sound ...when there are a lot of them... OMG!!!! blaaaahhhh L those are ugly lookin things L __________________ I'm not mean, you're just a sissy! :Tongue

05-24-2004, 01:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Kool Breeze WWW.CYBERREZ.COM Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,109	You mean you dont like their big red eyes? LOL! Imagine if you saw a whole swarm of those things coming at you. That would scare the $hit outta me.

05-24-2004, 02:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
Singing Otter Gotz ta be me! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,391 Blog Entries: 1	lol I remember my dad talking about them and showing them to me when I was younger. He was like "Yeah they stay underground anywhere from 10-15 years.... So this is as old as you are". I was so amazed. Thought they were kinda cool. Looooooooove listening to them and whipperwills at night. __________________ Cowboy wisdom: A thong is like a barb wire fence, it protects the property without blocking the view.

05-24-2004, 04:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Emmy Flat E! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Silver Spring Posts: 3,358	when my mom first moved down here she was riding the bus and she had on a skirt and one had gotten up under her skirt and she felt it while she was sitting ont he crowded bus.... and it started to crawl up her leg...well she got off the bus and ran home. when she got home she jumped outta her skirt shook it and it fell out. she then went and got the broom and beat it into the carpet and left it there for my dad to clean it up... __________________ Oh yeah, I used to know Quentin...He's a real...He's a real Jerky ~Flat Beat~

05-25-2004, 02:27 AM	#12 (permalink)
ojibwaysweetie PowWows.com Addicts Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Heart of the Great Lakes, Ontario Canada Posts: 4,977	Ain't never heard of 'em. They bite? __________________ "Gaa wiin daa-aangoshkigaazo ahaw enaabiyaan gaa-inaabid"

05-25-2004, 03:05 AM	#13 (permalink)
Kio-Manche a.k.a Numunu1971 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ponca City, Ok. Born and Raised in Lawton Ok. Posts: 1,603	Do they bite? OJ, no they dont bite, but their legs are sharp and they are big suckers...so when they do land on you, it feels like they bite....LOL....You know it when you got one on you... __________________ Kio-Manche Oklahoma Proud!!!

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