Wease Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 I was over by the zoo today, checking them out and sure enough, I look up at one in front of my face, and it's got blue eyes. Those are pretty rare. smile.gif I'll try and take pics of it tomorrow. If only that rumor of universities offering $1K for them was true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamZman Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 pretty bored are ya? tongue.gif .. I actually haven't seen one yet .. any cicada that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 i saw one, buzing around in my car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted June 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Originally posted by SamZman: pretty bored are ya? tongue.gif Well, up where I live they seem to be pretty common. Drive on Riverside Dr., the sound is crazy. Actually, it wasn't that I was bored, a friend needed some bugs for a school project, so I figured a cicada would be cool. And my dogs freak out around flying insects that land on them, so I brought them along to see what they would do. However, since it just rained, they weren't flying, just hanging off of trees. And they can't grip dog hair, I found that out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDUB Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 They are absolutely crazy where I live too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 riding on mem day sucked. every path we took = 300 cicada's flying at us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rane Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 wtf is a cicada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGlue Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Originally posted by Rane: wtf is a cicada lol You'll know soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar1647545494 Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Those things are crazy back home in cincy. You can hear em once you get out of town on 71 south too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneRunnin72SST Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Originally posted by Rane: wtf is a cicada + 1 anyone got any pics? 1k man I could use an extra 1k in my pocket... ~Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 +2; never heard of such a "beast." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted June 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 All about cicadas. These things are all over the news, I can't believe there are people who haven't heard of them. If you live in a residential area, you more than likely will not have them. They like the edges of forest and will not be in areas of construction or where there had been digging in the last 17 years. That would have disturbed the ground where they were and killed them. This group was last present in 1987. They are harmless and more of a pest than anything else... smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I was at the Memorial Tourney yesterday and they were all over the place. My fiance was freaking out every time one would come close to her. I found it rather hilarious. Oh, some guy was sittin beside me and one flew up his nose. That was pretty funny to watch him swat at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Should have eaten it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrelyNutsDSP Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I had my window down on Rt33 N toward Marysville and there was a grove of trees full of cicadas making so much noise I heard it all the way across the freeway. Those things are annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ponyfreak Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 A group of cicadas attacked a dog here in Cincy and killed it. They have big fangs and are more poisonous than a king cobra. That is not how they killed the dog though. The flew around it making loud noises until its head exploded. I captured one the other day and pulled its front legs off and watched its head pop off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandm Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Originally posted by Ponyfreak.: A group of cicadas attacked a dog here in Cincy and killed it. They have big fangs and are more poisonous than a king cobra. That is not how they killed the dog though. The flew around it making loud noises until its head exploded. I captured one the other day and pulled its front legs off and watched its head pop off. graemlins/wtf.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony_K Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 There haven't been any human deaths reported yet this year, AFAIK. I think after summer of 1987 the total in Ohio was somewhere around 30-40, which isn't bad when you compare it to areas like Tennessee or southern Kentucky, where there were a couple hundred. Roll your windows up boys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Originally posted by Neo: Should have eaten it. they taste like asparagus. least thats what I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest busteryhyman Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 my brother caught a good couple hundred in our backyard in 1999 and threw them all in an old barrel and caught them on fire. now that's boredom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTS1200 Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I haven't seen any around my house yet, but they are pretty thick up near Alum Creek Res. I was fishing there last Sat. and it sounded like a damn space ship was landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street pilot Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 blue eyes? Weird. I did not know they are harmful to humans If you catch some, then take them to another location where there are not as many, they make awesome bass bait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old dirty bastard Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I remember when I was a kid we had them everywhere in Eastern Ohio if you drove down the road you would run a million of them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by Innocuous: I did not know they are harmful to humans They aren't, it was a joke. They don't sting or bite... graemlins/thumb.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony_K Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by Wease: They aren't, it was a joke. They don't sting or bite... graemlins/thumb.gif Dammit, no one picked up the ball and ran with it! tongue.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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