The 17-year cicadas will be back this spring…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22...de=1441727
We will see if there are as many this go around as there were in 2004 (there are different broods that are on different schedules). My only worry is that my boys have seen cicada exoskeletons, and are terrified of them. They do look gross, but they're harmless, so hopefully they'll get over it
Maybe we could keep a few in a jar as pets...
In 2004, there were so many, when you'd walk on the sidewalks there was this awful crunching sound because you couldn't avoid stepping on them. They'd fly into my bike helmet air vents when I'd ride to work. I was working at a shoe store at the time and we had to keep the doors open during business hours, so there were cicadas throughout the store. Part total grossness, part cycle of life awesomeness. I liked the sound though… It was like the hum of some otherworldly spaceship, oddly soothing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22...de=1441727
We will see if there are as many this go around as there were in 2004 (there are different broods that are on different schedules). My only worry is that my boys have seen cicada exoskeletons, and are terrified of them. They do look gross, but they're harmless, so hopefully they'll get over it
Maybe we could keep a few in a jar as pets...In 2004, there were so many, when you'd walk on the sidewalks there was this awful crunching sound because you couldn't avoid stepping on them. They'd fly into my bike helmet air vents when I'd ride to work. I was working at a shoe store at the time and we had to keep the doors open during business hours, so there were cicadas throughout the store. Part total grossness, part cycle of life awesomeness. I liked the sound though… It was like the hum of some otherworldly spaceship, oddly soothing.
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