Mike& Rose
Lake & Horse country,Blackstone Valley MA
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What were you doing 17 years ago? The cicadas are back this year on Cape Cod. If you are coming for a visit expect to hear the matting calls all night. At least it will be another 17 years before they emerge again. The kids love to play with them. Glad they don't sting or bite. Anyone have any good recipes for cacada stew?
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Mr. Camper
ARKUSA
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Every year is a 17th year for some variety of cicada's.
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Tipper, PoLar, Ginger (Our fuzzy kids)
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pjsky
Renner SD/Yuma AZ
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Mr. Camper wrote:Every year is a 17th year for some variety of cicada's.
Thats true. We have them EVERY year.
Paul
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Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.
PAUL AND JAN
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Bubby's RV
CA
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I was going to say "They were back last year!"
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Jim Shoe
Amelia, OH
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We've got 'em this year as well on the east side of Cincinnati. The "brood 14" group, according to our local cicada expert. They are noisy, but now that they're out of the ground, the moles are looking for a new home. I've seen several out by the curb hitch hiking, with their little white canes and signs saying "Will dig for food".
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Candice
Central Ohio USA
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We had our cycle for cicadas about 5 or 6 years ago in central Ohio. Our St. Bernard ate them like they were candy. She LOVED them and ate them constantly, as much as she could.
There were lots of recipes in the Columbus Dispatch for them at the time. We didn't try any of them, but there were people who did. The cicadas are supposed to be very high in protein. The way grocery/meat prices are in the grocery stores right now there may be many more tempted to try them.
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rooster
somewhere in the Ocooch
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Our year to have them was last year, unbelievable how one day there were a few and the next day everything was covered with them. They were sure noisy and did some damage to the trees but it was a neat experience.
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Stressor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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We had them last year too, but since my tinnitus sounds like cicadas, they never leave me alone. 
Milton Findley (and Kerene)
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bohemians4956
New Mexico
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I took these pics last spring/summer. It came to where dh and I would sit out on the porch and we'd hear this cracking noise... since we live in a forest, we assumed it was from some branches in trees as it sound like a branch snapping.... but the noise was relentless. It was then that they started coming out. The cracking noises were their shells/outer skins, I don't know what to call them. But I was able to get some pictures of them coming out of their shells.
an interesting thing I noticed was they were one color when they first shed their shell and the longer they sat on the tree (drying?) they changed color...
and for a bit, all of our trees looked like this..til these birds (I don't know what kind they were but they sure loved the shells) and they cleaned the trees up. I read on the thread here that they are good to eat? Maybe I should go compete with those birds!
our trees with the empty shells of the cicadas
see ya. Peace,Cheryl
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minkhill
Tennessee
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We've been out to Cades Cove in the Smokey Mtns which happens to be covered up with these noisey little bugs. Talk about LOUD!!! I'm also fascinated with how they move to different areas as a 'group'.
The bear and deer have been feasting on these tasty little treats early in the mornings and at dusk. It's comical watching them....like children in a candy store!
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