the cicada invasion

"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
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"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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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)

"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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~