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The Return of the Cicadas. Death to all humans!

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Post by Wonko the Sane Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:31 pm

Okay not really death to all humans, but I had no idea these little bugs were on a 17 year migration pattern and they're going to return to the east coast from about Virginia up past New York this year sometime in April! :O

http://project.wnyc.org/cicadas/

If you don't know what a cicada is:


I've never seen one but I've heard that sound before. There's other videos you can find of what it sounds like when there's a whole swarm of them in your area doing that all day long. They also shed their outer shells and I think I remember seeing some of those as a kid. Could be kinda neat, could be kinda annoying, definitely gonna be interesting and only happens once every 17 years apparently. That part is cool.

Hey blivs, do these guys exist out there? Some places here in the South hear that sound all summer long almost nonstop.



Edit: Oh crap! Some people call it the 17 year invasion:



Death to all humans was right after all!
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Post by blivvy Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:10 pm

Nah I don't remember ever seen them over here. I think I have heard that sound before but prob heard it on tv. We don't get a lot of bugs and stuff over here, must not be warm enough. We just get the usual flys & bees etc. but not been getting as much of those around here either. I remember hearing the crickets and all at night when I was in the US. You don't hear anything like that here lol.
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Post by Theicecreaman Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:23 pm

They're back? THEY'RE BACK!!!

Dude I had so much fun with these guys as a kid. I used to fill up water guns and go cicada hunting, basically shooting the crap out of them. They're really noisy but you get used to them. I was in elementary school when these guys last came. It was less than 17 years ago, though.
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Post by Wonko the Sane Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:02 am

Wait, no crickets even, Blivs? Crickets are great in the summer. Okay, what about fireflies? Tell me you get to go firefly hunting!

Bugs are one of the reasons I like living further north where it gets cold enough during the winter to kill off all the nasty ones. Then in the summer the only real bugs we have to deal with are pretty harmless. We hear a few of the cicadas here every summer, but this is talking about a mass 17 year migration event. I mean, look at how many there are in that second video.

I've never actually seen a live one myself, but we do find their shells hanging onto trees after they've shed them.

Grab yer water pistol partner!
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Post by Trey Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:09 am

Ah, cicadas. It brings back memories of catching them in elementary school and removing parts of them. And trying to incite cicada-to-mouth contact in other children.

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Post by Wonko the Sane Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:35 am

Shocked You're sick you know that?
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Post by Theicecreaman Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:49 pm

If you lived further down south around MD/VA/D.C. you'd understand. I'm pretty sure they taught us the anatomy of cicadas in elementary school and we did stuff in Art class about them. If you didn't torture the crap out of them, you just didn't exist lol. Or you were a girl.

Also, water pistols? I don't know how you do it up there, but I still have a bag at my parents' house filled with water guns this size:
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Ah, good times. Haven't broken these babies out since the fifth grade.
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Post by Wonko the Sane Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:23 am

I sleep with one under my bed for emergencies. Cool
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Post by Trey Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:41 pm

Wonko the Sane wrote: Shocked You're sick you know that?

Everyone did it. Your childhood missed such a healthy activity Smile

If you lived further down south around MD/VA/D.C. you'd understand.

Whaddaya mean, down south around Maryland?

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Post by Theicecreaman Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:55 pm

haha I just IP traced you Trey Razz

My cousin goes to your school, as do many people I know haha. I sorta wish I went there since they offered me full tuition scholarship, but whatevs...

I bet I've seen you there whenever I've visited Razz I didn't know you lived so close. It was my second-choice school. (for privacy's sake I won't mention which, if you care about that kind of thing).
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Post by Wonko the Sane Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:15 am

Those aren't Southern states. Ol' Bamma is a true Southern state.

Country rooooaaaads, take me hoooooooooooome!


Snap, I want to play some jk2 now. If anyone's interested, I'll probably be poking around the server for a bit this afternoon. Maybe I'll even find my jk3 disc and see what the servers are like over there these days.
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Post by Trey Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:44 am

Theicecreaman wrote:haha I just IP traced you Trey Razz

My cousin goes to your school, as do many people I know haha. I sorta wish I went there since they offered me full tuition scholarship, but whatevs...

I bet I've seen you there whenever I've visited Razz I didn't know you lived so close. It was my second-choice school. (for privacy's sake I won't mention which, if you care about that kind of thing).

Eh, I'm not concerned. I don't have much of an online presence, so anyone all that interested in actually finding me would be rather hard-pressed.

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Post by Theicecreaman Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:09 pm

Still haven't seen any cicadas...how about you guys?
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Post by Wonko the Sane Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:35 pm

Check the link I put in the first post. The soil temperatures have to reach 64 degrees before they start to emerge and begin their life cycle.

I see some light orange (54F+) dots in the map and a lot of yellows still, but barely any of the dark orange 64F dots.
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Post by blivvy Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:10 pm

Theicecreaman wrote:Still haven't seen any cicadas...how about you guys?

Nope haven't seen any. But that's probably because we don't have them over here The Return of the Cicadas.  Death to all humans! Rage_ah
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Post by Wonko the Sane Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:07 pm

blivvy wrote:
Theicecreaman wrote:Still haven't seen any cicadas...how about you guys?

Nope haven't seen any. But that's probably because we don't have them over here The Return of the Cicadas.  Death to all humans! Rage_ah

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Post by Wonko the Sane Sun May 26, 2013 12:39 pm

So if you check that map again, there's now a band of them working their way up the coast. I haven't seen them yet where I am though. What about you Ice?
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Post by Theicecreaman Sun May 26, 2013 1:34 pm

Not that I've noticed, but there's certainly been increased chatter among folk 'round here about 'em. I'll let you know if I see any. The weather here has been very bipolar. One day it's in the 90's and the next it's in the 60's.
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Post by Wonko the Sane Sun May 26, 2013 5:15 pm

Yeah, yesterday was 50 degrees, no idea what was up with that. Shrug

Today it's a more reasonable 60 but that's a far cry from the 80 we had a few days ago. Seriously, make up your mind already Willy Nilly
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Post by Trey Mon May 27, 2013 11:56 am

Theicecreaman wrote:The weather here has been very bipolar.

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Post by Theicecreaman Tue May 28, 2013 12:07 am

Trey, do you live in bmore? I work in the city on weekdays. The weather is insane. The other day, I was in shorts and a sleeveless shirt playing bball in the scorching sun, and the next, I was freezing when I was out at night in pants and a shirt with a jacket. Like, legitimately shivering (granted, it was a very light jacket).
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Post by Trey Tue May 28, 2013 3:18 pm

No, I live in Columbia while school is out.

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Post by Wonko the Sane Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:32 pm

Saw this random tweet today:

The cicadas aren't coming. I've been in this bunker for 3 weeks and I'm sick of saltines and canned beans. I've made a huge, huge mistake.

I guess it's not happening guys.
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