17 year cicadas pics

[-MURPH-]

makes it hard to hear with the noise of the cicadas lol.there every were i have defiantly seen them bomber lol

[RUDY2003]

Wow, I've never seen so many in one place before.....

[bomber]

i think weebees kidding us by posting rubber bugs,i live not to far and haven't seen one yet

[Stacylee926]

I have seen them like that in Northern Virginia. They are disgusting...

[-MURPH-]

Cicadas Are Edible

Periodical cicadas are also edible. Native Americans utilized them in their diet. In 1990, several college students were filmed eating them alive. When asked what they tasted like, the students reported that they tasted like almonds. Drying them in a microwave oven carefully causes them to release an almond smell.

[Sheldius]

Yum. Eat them all now, and in 17 years you won't have this problem.

LOL.

[cottonjim]

Cicadas Are Edible

Periodical cicadas are also edible. Native Americans utilized them in their diet. In 1990, several college students were filmed eating them alive. When asked what they tasted like, the students reported that they tasted like almonds. Drying them in a microwave oven carefully causes them to release an almond smell.

UMMMMM, no thanks, I'll just eat some almonds

[bomber]

STIRFRY!

[-MURPH-]

i wont be coming over for dinner if you make that bomber lol

[Leon]

Are cicadas the same thing as locus, or are they a defferent?
I've dug a bunch of them up from the dirt while detecting, but haven't see too many hanging around... Might have to do some google'ing on it later...

[Digginman]

We had a version of these last year. Not many near my area, too developed since the eggs were hatched. Just south of us and east where I work, there were millions. Loud as heck, too.

We will have the 13 year variety next year,

Good pics, thanks for sharing.

DM

P.S. I hear they are good dipped in hot mustard.

[-MURPH-]

i think locus a yearly but not sure.

[RON (PA)]

Wow, I have never seen that many in one place. There give me the creeps because I never know when they will jump or fly..Cicadas and grasshoppers. Both give me the creeps.
I think locust is another name for the grasshopper. Not sure though.

[Capefearsman]

Are cicadas the same thing as locus, or are they a defferent?
I've dug a bunch of them up from the dirt while detecting, but haven't see too many hanging around... Might have to do some google'ing on it later...

Different..

[Contractor1900]

They have yet to surface in the Fox Valley Region yet. I know that they have emerged at The Brookfield Zoo, we were there last Sunday and they were starting to come out and play. They creeped me out last time they emerged, they fly around as if they were drunk.

[Marty-Graw]

i grew up in the sticks in Amabama and we called them "katydids"......dont ask me why

[downindixie]

Well,I,too grew up in Alabama and this is what we called a katydid!

[Contractor1900]

We get Katydids up here in Yankee Land too, they show each year in the middle of summer.

[Abbey]

which begs the question, are Katydids tasty too :P Being a chef and all, I have a couple more 'juicy' bits of information... cockroaches...when poached, taste like salmon; when grilled, they taste like lobster. Why? They're in the same family (as lobster, not salmon). Talk about gross! And no, I don't have this first hand. Only in the MOST desperate, live-or-die situation...maybe... Oh, and I hear sauteed meal worms with garlic are great on toast. Maybe Mamageorgio would know what to do with all these...treats

[-MURPH-]

eating bugs maybe some day