BYC Café

[sourland]

Oh. Ok. You've been there. And it didn't drive you insane? Wow.

How would I tell ?

 

[chickadoodles]

No, there were thousands making that undulating sound non stop for weeks , not just 5 days. All the birds loved them, and gorged on them as did the fox and raccoons.

We had them here for a weeks as well and yes the birds were going crazy over them!
They liked to have drove me even crazier than I already am. That plus hundreds of tree frogs and toads!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

How would I tell ?

 

[drumstick diva]

Michelle, I think Sour is thinking of regular cicadas, the ones you speak of, and I have lived through every 17 years are more in the millions to billions range. I know they said an hour of exposure to their constant din, could cause permanent hearing loss.

After ours finally departed we were plagued with cicada mites that were feeding on them. They lasted longer than the cicadas and would bite humans passing under trees etc. They caused an awful itch. We were told they don't bite humans but apparently they had to bite at least once to know we aren't kosher.

All the studios have to do is film them and it would be the scariest movie EVER.

 

[sourland]

Nope, deedee, I experienced the pink eyed 17 year creatures on at least 2 occasions. Princess hated them, but they did not phase me. Hearing loss ? Is that why?

 

[drumstick diva]

Sour I knew you were faking, they didn't have pink eyes, they had RED ones. Sometimes I would catch two of them doing stuff(you know wink, wink) so I would stomp on them and kill 2 in one shot. Imagine all the cicada eggs I prevented.

 

[sourland]

Pink/red, I'll split the difference. What color were their yellowish bodies ? Get busy girl, you are closing on # 1.

 

[drumstick diva]

I don't recall the bodies BUT, if you tried to flick them off your clothes they screamed like banshees. I got myself one of those French foreign legion type hats with side and back flaps, in hopes of keeping them off my face - .

What I find terrifying about them is they come every 17 years and knowing I won't be seeing them more than one or stretching it 2 times. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[sourland]

Sour I knew you were faking, they didn't have pink eyes, they had RED ones. Sometimes I would catch two of them doing stuff(you know wink, wink) so I would stomp on them and kill 2 in one shot. Imagine all the cicada eggs I prevented.

What a way to go.

 

[CapricornFarm]

More than the 17 year cicadas?
Lived through that one year when I was in Ohio. Omg! Definitely a reason to end up in an asylum.

We had those this year. I hate that racket!