The cicadas are coming to town!

Watch out for these bad boys if you live in the east coast of America.

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/images/ho...17yrcicada.jpg

If you see one, eliminate by any means. These cicadas emerge every 17 years, and when they come, they fight hard. Watch out for bombarding cicadas, kamikaze cicadas. These guys are huge and annoying. The noise they make is so loud that it will drive you nuts!

EDIT: Also, watch out for their cousins which come every 13 years.

Are you guys prepared for the worst coming this month? I know I'm not. :D

I've never seen a 6 1/2 inch bug before. *dies*

We get them every year. You can wear the shell thingys they discarde as badges.

What the hell kind of bug is it anyways?

I love the West coast?

THAT WAS LIKE... last last Summer those BEASTS came out!

O_@

It was a living HELL for me! I hate bugs, and oh my God they were huge and the first time I've ever seen them. :(

My friend and I had to carry out tennis rackets with us to smack them away because they're really stupid and fly right at you. O_@!!!! *thwack*

Do they do anything other than make annoying noises?

Yes, they fly at you trying to suck off your face.

Maybe they try to crawl inside of your head to lay their eggs.

They discarde their shell thingys and you can wear them as badges.

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Originally Posted by HOOTERS

They discarde their shell thingys and you can wear them as badges.

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I want a badge :(

Yeahthose things are crazy but I'm ready for em :)

I think I saw some of those when I was in Missouri. We got some guy to eat one.

*stays in California, where the bugs dont come out of cheesy radiation horror flicks from the 50s.*

Yeah I was just reading some site and they were talking about how if you cook em in the right food they are like eating cooked potatos. ewwww

Cicadas are friendly chatty creatures and are one of my favourite insects next. One sat on my shirt and sung a pretty song. I feel sad when I accidently did an underground one of them and their eyes are burnt by the sun and they never got to experience life as a real cicada :'(