Comments on The cicadas are coming...TypePad2013-04-11T20:53:21ZToronto Starhttps://thestar.blogs.com/worlddaily/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://thestar.blogs.com/worlddaily/2013/04/sometime-this-month-or-maybe-next-a-biological-clock-felt-only-by-cicadas-will-go-ding-and-a-swarm-of-the-fat-buzzy-bugs-w/comments/atom.xml/Christopher Miller commented on 'The cicadas are coming...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf8f353ef017eea3e7ef4970d2013-04-14T23:00:02Z2013-04-15T02:39:35ZChristopher Millerhttp://profile.typepad.com/millerchristopher3Awww... too bad I'm not down there anymore! Nine years ago, in spring 2004, the Washington DC area was invaded...<p>Awww... too bad I'm not down there anymore! Nine years ago, in spring 2004, the Washington DC area was invaded by the little things. </p>
<p>It started with holes appearing in my backyard as if someone had taken some thumb-thick stick and punched holes all over the place, and they started crawling out of the ground from where they had been feeding off tree roots, climbed up into the trees and the railings on my porch, moulted, and turned into little vermilion-eyed gossamer-winged lumps of coal crawling and flying all over the place. I thought they were really cute. </p>
<p>The sparrows had a field day, intercepting them in mid-air, knocking them to the ground, and then feasting on their abdomens. I saw so many with most of their bodies eaten out, still walking around as if nothing had happened.... </p>
<p>My cat loved them. Their wings made the most exquisite rattling sound, and she kept bringing them up the stairs into my apartment to play with... Miss the little blighters. </p>Sage1 commented on 'The cicadas are coming...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf8f353ef017c3895b464970b2013-04-13T20:15:41Z2013-04-13T22:04:01ZSage1My buddy and I went to Baltimore in June of 1970 to a Jimi Hendrix concert. There were millions of...<p>My buddy and I went to Baltimore in June of 1970 to a Jimi Hendrix concert. There were millions of these suckers flying around even downtown...we'd never seen anything like it before and glad of it.</p>Lauren commented on 'The cicadas are coming...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf8f353ef017d42c0f66f970c2013-04-13T02:11:03Z2013-04-13T15:36:55ZLaurenCool!!!! I wish I could get to the East coast to see/hear it!<p>Cool!!!! I wish I could get to the East coast to see/hear it!</p>JAJ commented on 'The cicadas are coming...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf8f353ef017eea3202f5970d2013-04-12T14:35:23Z2013-04-12T14:37:28ZJAJThey may only be bugs, but they make an incredible stinky mess. We had a Swarmageddon last year in Texas...<p>They may only be bugs, but they make an incredible stinky mess. We had a Swarmageddon last year in Texas and it was a disgusting, stinky mess of piles of huge rotting bugs even though we swept them up every morning. The noise was amazingly loud.</p>