the cicada invasion

"*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. :-)
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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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Subject: the cicada invasion
From: "~ Windsong ~"
Date: 4/8/2004 8:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:


"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



I live in the high desert in Nevada and have never seen a cicada, as far as I
know. But we do have Mormon Crickets. These are truly disgusting. About 2
inches long, they eat their own dead, and swarm over everything. They eat it
all as they go, lawn, vegetables, flowers, even the house. Last year was one
of the worst invasion ever. We hope and pray that this year does not bring the
same.
Shawn

After reading all this I had a dream
about big praying mantis flying around
our house. EEEkkkk!


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

After reading all this I had a dream
about big praying mantis flying around
our house. EEEkkkk!


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

"GaneaRowenna" wrote in message
news:20040409100635.22158.00000077@mb-
I live in the high desert in Nevada and have never seen a cicada, as far
as I
know. But we do have Mormon Crickets. These are truly disgusting. About
2
inches long, they eat their own dead, and swarm over everything. They eat
it
all as they go, lawn, vegetables, flowers, even the house. Last year was
one
of the worst invasion ever. We hope and pray that this year does not
bring the
same.
Shawn
=====================
I have heard of these crickets or grasshoppers. They sound every bit as bad
as these cicadas - but the cicadas don't eat everything in their path. Then
we have dead cicadas everywhere, covered with ants....
--
Carol....
"Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again..."
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:13:14 -0500, "~ Windsong ~"
wrote:


"GaneaRowenna" wrote in message
news:20040409100635.22158.00000077@mb-
I live in the high desert in Nevada and have never seen a cicada,
as far
as I
know. But we do have Mormon Crickets. These are truly disgusting.
About
2
inches long, they eat their own dead, and swarm over everything.
They eat
it
all as they go, lawn, vegetables, flowers, even the house. Last
year was
one
of the worst invasion ever. We hope and pray that this year does
not
bring the
same.
Shawn
=====================
I have heard of these crickets or grasshoppers. They sound every bit
as bad
as these cicadas - but the cicadas don't eat everything in their
path. Then
we have dead cicadas everywhere, covered with ants....

Oh NO! Now i have visions of ANTS everywhere!
(I have this slight phobia to swarming ants)

"jammer" wrote in message
...

Oh NO! Now i have visions of ANTS everywhere!
(I have this slight phobia to swarming ants)
===============================
Well fortunately those dead ant ridden cicadas were all outside. We would
catch any that flew indoors and toss them back outside. Anything swarming
makes my skin crawl. :þ
--
Carol....
"Ring bell for maid service...if no answer do it yourself."
My Webpages:
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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"jammer" wrote in message
...

Oh NO! Now i have visions of ANTS everywhere!
(I have this slight phobia to swarming ants)
===============================
Well fortunately those dead ant ridden cicadas were all outside. We would
catch any that flew indoors and toss them back outside. Anything swarming
makes my skin crawl. :þ
--
Carol....
"Ring bell for maid service...if no answer do it yourself."
My Webpages:
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~