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Dwiel
Dwiel
Anyone here supposed to be getting a large number of locusts this week? I live in southern Indiana, US, and they are supposed to be comming late this week... I heard that we were going to be getting around 1.5 million per acre. Thats a lot of locusts. 35/sq ft! are any of you guys gonna experience this? What kinds of things you plannin on using em for? Dwiel
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Utwo
Utwo
Get a shotgun.
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twix
twix
We''re going to be flooded with cicadas where I live...
Dwiel
Dwiel
Where do you live?

I''m not too sure who is going to get the hardest, but I heard suthern indiana will be pretty bad...

My friends and I are thinking of capturing a bunch and letting them loose in school... Could be lots of fun

A bonfire might also be fun

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twix
twix
Washington DC. We should be getting quite a swarm of them, but I''m not sure how we''ll compare with other areas.
Utwo
Utwo
You should go outside and lie down in nothing but a loincloth, puff your belly out, and pretend you''re an ethiopian.
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TMAN
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quote:
Original post by twix
Washington DC. We should be getting quite a swarm of them, but I''m not sure how we''ll compare with other areas.


what part of DC? I know Fairfax is going to be hit hard, but what I ''m really concerned about is Philly....
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twix
twix
I live in downtown DC, a few blocks away from the White House. Graduation at my school should be tons of fun this summer, since it''s held outside. Hopefully there''ll be cicadas crawling into everyone''s pants.
Utwo
Utwo
I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. :D
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andromeda
andromeda
Cicadas, not locusts.

And yes, the news stations are going ON and ON about this. Should be any day now - or at least that''s what they''ve said for the past 5 days.
Dwiel
Dwiel
Yeah, I don't watch TV... especially news

I did find a nice map of this year's swarm:



I'm hoping they come before friday so my friends can unleash them into the school...

Dwiel

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EDIT: Fixed Pic

[edited by - Tazzel3d on May 10, 2004 10:48:57 PM]
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PmanC
PmanC
flame thrower. you NEED to buy a flame thrower.
RuneLancer
RuneLancer
I second the flamethrower statement. Roast the little fickers alive.

Also, you should get grenades and strap them to yourself. When the locusts break through and start to swarm you, before you''re overcome, pull the pins. If you''re gonna go down, take as many with you as you can!!
Toolmaker
Toolmaker
CAPTURE THEM, PANFRY THEM, EAT THEM

nuff said, in caps
 
Utwo
Utwo
Is this a yearly event like the salmon of capistrano?
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Eskhan
Eskhan
I hear fried locust are supposed to taste like chicken, just like everything else that you''d never even consider taking a bite of.

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Machaira
Machaira
This should be the week for them. All they''ve been waiting for is the soil temperature to get warm enough - 75 I believe. Since it''s going to be in the 90s this week around MD, they''ll start popping out. It''ll take a couple days for it to get bad - once they shed and start flying around it''s going to be nasty.
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Zul
Zul
I live in VA as well, and we''re supposed to see a bunch of them. The first ones started coming out Sunday night. One of the nymphs was crawling up the couch toward my arm, so I was forced to kill him. There are probably a couple hundred husks on the big tree in our front yard from the ones that have already come out. I went running yesterday and the sidwalk was littered with them. They''re completely harmless though, and I kinda like the sound they make.

I do hear they''re good eating though. Anybody got any recipes?
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Zul
Zul
quote:
Original post by Utwo
Is this a yearly event like the salmon of capistrano?


No, apparently they live a 17 year life cycle. So they lay eggs, die after 3 weeks, and you don''t see em again for 17 years.

I watched one coming out of his husk last night and it was pretty cool. They kinda wiggle their way out and then hang on with their feet while their wings dry out.
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