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So next year the 13 year varietal Great Southern Brood of Cicadas will come up in late May early June. I remember this from 98, it could make Bonnaroo interesting for Yankees.
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These things by the billions, literally there were trees covered in them, and driving anywhere was like a hailstorm. Also they are only slightly quieter, and less obnoxious than the plastic world cup horns.
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When I moved to DC/NOVA in 2004 it was the summer of the 17 year locust. I'd liken the sound to the vulva-zoola. It was like the background to a B grade sci fi movie. Weird, yet awesome.
Vuvuzula - vuvuzoola? - I have a penchant for renaming things
Also, I had cats growing up. They would catch and eat cicadas except for the wings. They didn't like wings. What a free show.
So next year the 13 year varietal Great Southern Brood of Cicadas will come up in late May early June. I remember this from 98, it could make Bonnaroo interesting for Yankees.
This range of this brood doesn't extend to any great extent into Tennessee, according to what's online. Maybe the locals know better. I remember a *massive* brood in the D.C. suburbs of northern Virginia in '70 or '71 on a 17 year cycle. Subsequent broods I've witnessed in other areas haven't been so impressive.
I was thinking of this a few weeks ago. These things get everywhere. In '98 I counted 358 carcasses on one small tree trunk in my yard. They were 4-5 deep.
Strangely I never saw these guys in East TN, just the normal variety. And my friends in Memphis have never heard of them.
I was driving to Nashville in '85 and hit a swarm they almost made me stop on the Interstate. And in '98 they would swarm all over my old tractor when I mowed.
Post by questionablesanity on Jul 1, 2010 6:38:15 GMT -5
Wolfaroo and I were talking about this the other night. We heard this god afwul noise and he said it was cicadas. I remembered the last 17 year cycle when I was a kid. I never saw swarms of them alive, but like Troo, I remember thousands of carcasses. If they're heavy on the farm, it'll be interesting.
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So next year the 13 year varietal Great Southern Brood of Cicadas will come up in late May early June. I remember this from 98, it could make Bonnaroo interesting for Yankees.
This range of this brood doesn't extend to any great extent into Tennessee, according to what's online. Maybe the locals know better. I remember a *massive* brood in the D.C. suburbs of northern Virginia in '70 or '71 on a 17 year cycle. Subsequent broods I've witnessed in other areas haven't been so impressive.
Great...I was thinking about when they were due to come on the way home from Roo this year. I HATE them. I will have a full on panic attack because they freak me out. They would get trapped in the house and scream and they cover the trees. Ugh. I have chill bumps already
Wrapped in Bacon, how that that be wrong? According to, www.newsdesk.umd.edu/pdf/cicada%20recipes.PDF, you might want to remove the wings and hunting or I should say collecting early morning cicadas are the best.
How about, Soft-Shelled Cicadas
Ingredients: 1 cup Worcestershire sauce 60 freshly emerged 17 year cicadas 4 eggs, beaten 3 cups flour Salt and pepper to season flour 1 cup corn oil or slightly salted butter Directions: Marinate cicadas, alive in a sealed container, in Worcestershire sauce for several hours.* Dip them, in beaten egg, roll them in the seasoned flour and then gently saute them until they are golden brown. Yield: 4 main dish servings *this step may be skipped and you may go directly to the egg step instead.
Ingredients: 8 squares of good-quality dark, white, or milk chocolate 30 dry roasted cicadas Directions: 1. Roast teneral cicadas for 15 minutes at 225F. 2. Meanwhile, melt chocolate in a double-boiler over low heat. Dip insects in chocolate, place on wax paper and refrigerate until hardened. Yield: 30 cicadas
