Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Return Of The Cicada Killers!



Not here, silly. Over THERE.


11 comments:

connie/mom said...

I'm extremely allergic to bee and wasp bites so I don't know how long I could keep my cool with them hovering about me!!!!!

Thanks for providing the material for tonight's nightmare

11:30 AM, July 15, 2009
Karen said...

I went there and saw bugs. BIG bugs. Now I have the jeebie heebies and worst of all, I couldn't read your story because of the pictures of bugs.

4:12 PM, July 15, 2009
Urbie said...

I'm with Connie/Mom -- a wasp sting put me in the hospital for a few days when I was 16 (anaphylactic shock -- I was passed out within 10 minutes or so)... but I coulda used a few trillion of those guys one year when I drove down to Nashville -- it was a 17-year-cicada year, and the cicadas were out in force all through the lower mid-Atlantic region. I kept hearing this buzz/whining noise as I was driving down I-81. I'd think, "Is something wrong with the car?" I'd pull over, shut off the engine... and the sound was still there -- it wasn't my car, it was the cicadas! I'd start up again, get back on the road... and awhile later, would again become convinced that the car was making some kind of sound.... I'd stop again... Nope, still just the insects! Start, drive, repeat!

4:37 PM, July 15, 2009
Thumbelina said...

I reckon peeps should go read - it is fascinating. And now I know they won't sting me, I can look and read.
Now I am googling cicada, although urbie's comment gives me a clue... :)

5:20 PM, July 15, 2009
Ruth and Glen said...

Not sure I could let one hover around within a foot of me without a reaction to whack it or swat at it. The pictures alone creep me out !

~ R ~

6:29 PM, July 15, 2009
Janet said...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:48 PM, July 15, 2009
crazy4coens said...

Chowderhead! I love it! Thanks for sharing. (I got here via oodlesoffunch, BTW)

11:47 AM, July 16, 2009
Funny Girl said...

The first time I saw one of these suckers, I had lived in the Mid-Atlantic area for about 8 years...When they come of a 17 year hibernation I thought what the F**K? Ugly, scary, and of no use to man..

One of my dogs, Ellie-Ma,e would just pounce, kill, and eat.....Trip to the vet as these big F***ers are too much protein for dogs. I hate them!

8:06 PM, July 16, 2009
Sharfa said...

Carpenter Bees do the same thing, fly right up and look at you. It's funny watching them fight with each other.

9:38 PM, July 16, 2009
Theresa said...

Very interesting. Hhm. I don't think we have those in Socal. I we do I've never seen one. Thanks for being so informative.

7:41 PM, July 18, 2009
Anonymous said...

Just found a cicada nest in our backyard, YIKES!!!! Ugly little critter! Apparently we aren't suppose to kill it, they'll be gone before we know it! (I hope so!)

4:58 PM, August 02, 2009

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