the cicada invasion

alright, I heard of the BIGGIE cicada invasion coming this year,, ( we had a
big one 5 yrs ago,, but I guess this is the mother of all invasions).

since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end up in the
pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on top of
things & pull them out?

since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end up in the
pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on top of
things & pull them out?


Fish that can swallow them absolutely love them. They are the best fish bait
imaginable. When I was a kid in WVa there was a cicada out break. On day in one
spot I caught three gunny sacks full of channel catfish in a little over an
hour. My hand and arms were so hurting and tired I had to get help to bring
them all home. Everything was eating them like they were going out of style.
They must taste great, I wonder what few of them roasted up like shrimp on the
barbie would taste like! Where ever there is a tree over the water in a river
or lake the fish will boil the water trying to out do each other to get these
things. I wish I lived where you do. It's almost worth taking a vacation to be
there to fish while they are out!

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end up in the
pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on top of
things & pull them out?


Fish that can swallow them absolutely love them. They are the best fish bait
imaginable. When I was a kid in WVa there was a cicada out break. On day in one
spot I caught three gunny sacks full of channel catfish in a little over an
hour. My hand and arms were so hurting and tired I had to get help to bring
them all home. Everything was eating them like they were going out of style.
They must taste great, I wonder what few of them roasted up like shrimp on the
barbie would taste like! Where ever there is a tree over the water in a river
or lake the fish will boil the water trying to out do each other to get these
things. I wish I lived where you do. It's almost worth taking a vacation to be
there to fish while they are out!

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

The frogs will eat them as long as they are still moving. But sounds like the
fish will get them first!


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

The frogs will eat them as long as they are still moving. But sounds like the
fish will get them first!


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
alright, I heard of the BIGGIE cicada invasion coming this year,, ( we had
a
big one 5 yrs ago,, but I guess this is the mother of all invasions).

since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end up in
the
pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on top of
things & pull them out?
=========================================
I remember the NOISE from the last cicada invasion! Every day for hours and
hours they sung their love song.... I didn't have the ponds back then.
Everything on earth seemed to be covered with them - including people.

Today I was working in the flower beds along side the ponds and tossing in
the fat juicy earthworms. They love worms and follow me around to pond
waiting for more to be tossed into the water. :-)
--
Carol....
"My house was clean last week, too bad you missed it."
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
alright, I heard of the BIGGIE cicada invasion coming this year,, ( we had
a
big one 5 yrs ago,, but I guess this is the mother of all invasions).

since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end up in
the
pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on top of
things & pull them out?
=========================================
I remember the NOISE from the last cicada invasion! Every day for hours and
hours they sung their love song.... I didn't have the ponds back then.
Everything on earth seemed to be covered with them - including people.

Today I was working in the flower beds along side the ponds and tossing in
the fat juicy earthworms. They love worms and follow me around to pond
waiting for more to be tossed into the water. :-)
--
Carol....
"My house was clean last week, too bad you missed it."
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I would just like to say that I would totally FREAK! if there was a
cicada invasion here! Everything covered including people? YUCK!!
When i first read the original post, i had to find out if it was going
to be here so i would know when i was going to california for a visit!
But luckily it isn't expected here. I read that dogs and cats love the
bugs, will gorge themselves and then vomit. They are not poisonous but
apparently they are like "flying candy" to animals.






On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:15:12 -0500, "~ Windsong ~"
wrote:


"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
alright, I heard of the BIGGIE cicada invasion coming this year,, (
we had
a
big one 5 yrs ago,, but I guess this is the mother of all
invasions).

since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end
up in
the
pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on
top of
things & pull them out?
=========================================
I remember the NOISE from the last cicada invasion! Every day for
hours and
hours they sung their love song.... I didn't have the ponds back
then.
Everything on earth seemed to be covered with them - including
people.

Today I was working in the flower beds along side the ponds and
tossing in
the fat juicy earthworms. They love worms and follow me around to
pond
waiting for more to be tossed into the water. :-)

I would just like to say that I would totally FREAK! if there was a
cicada invasion here! Everything covered including people? YUCK!!
When i first read the original post, i had to find out if it was going
to be here so i would know when i was going to california for a visit!
But luckily it isn't expected here. I read that dogs and cats love the
bugs, will gorge themselves and then vomit. They are not poisonous but
apparently they are like "flying candy" to animals.






On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:15:12 -0500, "~ Windsong ~"
wrote:


"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
alright, I heard of the BIGGIE cicada invasion coming this year,, (
we had
a
big one 5 yrs ago,, but I guess this is the mother of all
invasions).

since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end
up in
the
pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on
top of
things & pull them out?
=========================================
I remember the NOISE from the last cicada invasion! Every day for
hours and
hours they sung their love song.... I didn't have the ponds back
then.
Everything on earth seemed to be covered with them - including
people.

Today I was working in the flower beds along side the ponds and
tossing in
the fat juicy earthworms. They love worms and follow me around to
pond
waiting for more to be tossed into the water. :-)

"jammer" wrote in message
...

I would just like to say that I would totally FREAK! if there was a
cicada invasion here! Everything covered including people? YUCK!!

* It was disgusting and I'll never forget it. We couldn't even walk from
the door to the cars without having several land and crawl on us. Driving
with the windows open wasn't possible. They'd fly right in. The outdoor
furniture was full of them and useless. I had never in my life seen
anything like it. And maybe a few miles away there were almost none. But
living at the edge of a lightly forested area at the time made it hell. I'm
not squeamish but when such huge bugs land in my hair and on my clothing....
yeeeeech! :-(

--
Carol....
"It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere."
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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