Cicadas

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<p>there are lots of recipes out there. I have a friend running a ‘contest’ for someone who will prepare & consume some and friend will provide the wine. No takers so far…</p>

<p>a few more recipes: kababs, pizza, chips…only your imagination is your limit. Think I will head to beach house until they are gone - no trees there. </p>

<p>[Cicada</a> Invasion Survival Guide: If You Can?t Beat ?Em, Eat ?em! (Cicada Recipes)](<a href=“http://cicadainvasion.blogspot.com/2011/04/if-you-cant-beat-em-eat-em-cicada.html]Cicada”>Cicada Invasion Survival Guide: If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Eat ’em! (Cicada Recipes))</p>

<p>[Cicadas</a> set to descend on East Coast can be tasty dishes when well-prepared - NY Daily News](<a href=“Lifestyle News - New York Daily News”>Cicadas set to descend on East Coast can be tasty dishes when well-prepared)</p>

<p>[Cicada</a> Chips Recipe - Food.com - 231490](<a href=“http://deep-fried.food.com/recipe/cicada-chips-231490]Cicada”>http://deep-fried.food.com/recipe/cicada-chips-231490)</p>

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<p>Reading this thread makes the hair on the back of my neck go up</p>

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<p>Anyone else looking jealously at those 40 degree ground temps in upstate NY?</p>

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<p>Cicada chips? Ewwwwwww. So glad I have 11 years till they hit my state again.</p>

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<p>My college friend thought the same thing before he had them in Shandong, China. Afterwards, he’ll happily fry them up as delectable snacks. :D</p>

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<p>I was disappointed today, really disappointed to learn that the cicadas of Brood II will not be coming here to my part of MD outside of DC. Sigh… I really liked the cicadas of Brood X when they showed up in 2004. The day of my daughter’s birthday party (mid May) they hatched in force and we were greeted with a whoo-whoo-whoo sound like aliens had landed, every time we opened a window or door.</p>

<p>They did NOT eat any veggies or other ornamental plants. They did not fly around aggressively. They were slow and mellow. Do you know it take them an hour to mate? And when they do, and you find them on your trampoline doing that you can coax them to walk onto a little stick so you can move them somewhere else while your kids want to jump. Pretty talented little (big) bugs, if you ask me.</p>

<p>Don’t be afraid of them! What if you had to wait 17 years underground for your once chance to come up, mate, and die? You’d be pretty loud too. What if you came up under some newly placed stepping stone and never saw the light of day. Tragic! </p>

<p>These are native, harmless bugs (unlike Gypsy moths) and their life cycle was first documented and observed by Benjamin Banneker, amongst other people. </p>

<p>If you are lucky enough to see them, enjoy them for the brief time they are with us. Sweep them off your porch so you have a path to the stairs, and stop worrying. </p>

<p>From our local IPM report:</p>

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<p>I may have to take a little trip to Leesburg…</p>

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<p>And before you tell me I’m crazy, think of this - they are stylish in France. At least in Provence.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.lacigale-usa.com/tablecloths_101.html[/url]”>http://www.lacigale-usa.com/tablecloths_101.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Look at the logo, look at the “cigale collection” which features cicada designs amidst the flowers and leaves. (cigale = cicada in French). We have several table cloths from this company and they are beautiful. Full disclosure - most of ours have olives, grapes or lavender on them, but I do have at least one with cicadas.</p>

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<p>UGH…was digging a hole last night to plant a new lilac bush and dug one of these things up. It wasn’t moving very much, but I smashed it with my shovel. Yuck. I think we escaped the worst of it 17 years ago, as we had just finished an addition and we had ripped up 50+% of the yard. </p>

<p>Greenwitch - any interest in a house swap for the month of June? I’m from Montgomery County and remember Brood X’s 1970 invasion. I was in 3rd grade and it was horrible.</p>

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<p>Haha! Thanks, but I have too much going on in June. Try to get away if you can, maybe to Bermuda.</p>

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<p>Have never seen any here in New England. Something tells me I should be glad.
Bet my son would love to get a hold of a few though.</p>

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<p>I don’t care if they’re harmless. I don’t care if they are interesting. There are too dang many of them at once!</p>

<p>They can all stay in the bowels of hell from whence they came and you’ll get no tears shed from me.</p>

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<p>“There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the return of the cicadas and whether or not New Hampshire is likely to be impacted by their once-in-every-17-year emergence.”</p>

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<p>“The answer is no. These bugs are not likely to reach the Granite State.”</p>

<p>[Are</a> the Cicadas Hatching in New Hampshire? - Merrimack, NH Patch](<a href=“Are the Cicadas Hatching in New Hampshire? | Merrimack, NH Patch”>Are the Cicadas Hatching in New Hampshire? | Merrimack, NH Patch)</p>

<p>The article says that they are expected to run from North Carolina to Connecticut. So hopefully my relatives in MA won’t be affected too.</p>

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<p>How long does it take for this cycle to come to completion? Days? Weeks?</p>

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<p>Barbara 960. I was in central New Jersey 17 years ago as well. My children were little too and I remember that my patio was covered with them all most like a carpet and I had to keep everyone inside for a few days. I live in Conn. now so I’m curious to see what it is like this year. I think I’m on the northern edge for Cicadas now.</p>

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<p>Thank you, VillageMom. I am happy to read about the interesting habits of the cicada in a book. I do not need to watch two of them mate or crunch hundreds of them under foot when I step outside.</p>

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<p>greenwitch - we have a cicada cloth from La Cigale too (although I don’t know that the rest of my family has ever noticed the design) and a lovely one with olives. It’s a great company.</p>

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<p>I love them too! I see you’re in PA. Have you visited the shop? I’ve only gotten them online or at the PA lavender festival, just west of Gettysburg. They come there and set up a booth. </p>

<p>I’ve heard the cicadas live only 4 - 6 weeks after emerging. It won’t be crazy for that long though.</p>

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<p>Greenwitch, I think we are kindred souls. Long live the cicadas!</p>

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<p>I think that I would consider a 6-week working vacation somewhere along the south coast of Maine if I had to deal with this.</p>

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<p>I think cicadas are beautiful and I even like the noise they made. Cicadas shells apparently are great for treating hives. I had many a time drank concoctions made out of them. Less convenient and palatable than Zyrtec but the effect last longer.</p>