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Posted by Christy on 05-12-2008 03:43 PM:

They're Back!! Is everyone ready???

DO THESE THINGS COME OUT EVERYWHERE? OR JUST A FEW PLACES? DO YOU HAVE THEM WHERE YOU LIVE?

I DONT REMEMBER SEEING THEM, BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON GOING TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY COME OUT.

WAS JUST CURIOUS IF ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THESE BEFORE. I DONT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN I WAS 13. LOL.

They’re back: 17-year cicadas set for a noisy mating season

Appearance in WNC will be ‘spectacular’

ASHEVILLE – Beware the brood. The 17-year cicadas are coming any day now. And there's not much anyone should - or could - do about it, except hang on for a wild, eerie ride.

These odd insects will emerge from the ground sometime this month, swarm into trees, make the craziest mating noise, and then die, blanketing the ground with their lifeless bodies. This particular bunch of cicadas is not to be confused with their similar 13-year cycle cousins, or the annual cicadas that appear every summer. Nor are they Biblical crop-destroying locusts.

Cicadas are grouped into 30 broods, depending on the year they arrive. This next bunch hails from Brood XIV.

Their appearance is "spectacular," said Tim Forrest, who teaches entomology at UNC Asheville. "When you have thousands or millions come out simultaneously, it can be quite scary. They don't bite. But they do a lot of flying."

He's already noticed small holes in the ground, signaling their imminent arrival.

During their last appearance in 1991, the 17-year-cicadas were especially thick in Biltmore Forest.

"At night, they would be quiet, but when the sun would come up, it was like throwing a switch," said Chief Eric Tinsley, of the Biltmore Forest Police Department, who was then a town patrolman.

He also remembers the crunching sound of cars running over the dead cicadas left on streets. "It was like popcorn popping," he said.

"They made a racket constantly," said Terry Crouch, of the Biltmore Forest Public Works Department. "It was a big noise and a big mess."

In the insect kingdom, the 17-year cicada is "unusual in having this long life cycle," said Jim Costa, who teaches biology at Western Carolina University and directs the Highlands Biological Station teaching center.

"It's a remarkable life cycle. They live many years underground. They have their last hooray, a mating frenzy. They lay their eggs and die very soon."

The show can be over in a week or two, depending on temperatures, he said.

Even in death, they "provide a valuable service," Costa said.

"Imagine the sheer biomass. That's a lot of nutrition being pumped into the ecosystem. The birds will have a field day."

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Posted by Virgil on 05-12-2008 03:55 PM:

I wonder if coons will eat them. I know fish will, last time they were out we baited a couple trotlines with them just out of curiosity and caught plenty.

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Posted by Christy on 05-12-2008 03:57 PM:

I DONT KNOW, BUT I DONT LIKE BUGS AT ALL. ESPECIALLY FLYING ONES THAT LAND ON ME.

IT'LL BE AN INTERESTING COUPLE OF WEEKS AROUND HERE.

MAY HAVE TO PUT ME ON PROZAC BEFORE IT'S OVER!!!

Posted by Ray&Luie on 05-12-2008 03:58 PM:

noise

I know one thing you cant hear your self think with those things in the woods

Posted by James200 on 05-12-2008 05:32 PM:

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Originally posted by Virgil
I wonder if coons will eat them. I know fish will, last time they were out we baited a couple trotlines with them just out of curiosity and caught plenty.

Virgil, I would assume coons will feed on them.....also, if I'm not mistaken, I believe I once read where people eat them!! I doubt I could ever be that hungry!!

Posted by BIGCASTLEDAWGS on 05-12-2008 05:45 PM:

LOL...

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Originally posted by James200
Virgil, I would assume coons will feed on them.....also, if I'm not mistaken, I believe I once read where people eat them!! I doubt I could ever be that hungry!!

...They are kinda big.... When I was little (agewise) my dad LOVED to experiment with food. We had chocolate covered bees, ants & I imagine other things...that I have suppressed from my memory...nothing too gross. All the things we tried were good... just like Good chocolate with rice crispie... they had no flavor. With THESE BIG bugs... there would have to be flavor or texture or.....

I think they are cool but don't plan to eat em. Not THAT desperate for food...yet..... LOL.... I usually find a few nice ones to preserve when they appear. I also find their noise comforting in a way... I KNOW they do damage to trees etc but... that's life.
I imagine my chickens will be in Heaven while they are here! LOL... then again... my bluetick LOVES to hunt bees so I imagine he'll eat em and throw them up too! Hmmm... he's a house dog.... The feral cats will "bring me presents" as well, carrying them up to the hayloft....LOL... WOnder if the gamecam will catch them too?

Christy... I've NEVER had one fly into me but I bet if one did it would knock me right over!

Thanks for reminding me they'll be here this yr. We have a 15 yr old son who is HORRIFIED of bugs(no comment) and I'll have to warn him.... I SWEAR I wil NOT frighten him with them... (he's about a foot taller than me)
LOL.... Happy Hunting! Heather

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Posted by Christy on 05-13-2008 03:12 PM:

I THINK THEY ARE WHAT WE CALL AROUND HERE "JAR FLIES"

THEY ARE TERRIBLY LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS! LOL.

Posted by HOBO on 06-05-2011 12:55 AM:

We don't have any out here.

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