Author Topic: Anyone ever have to deal with Cicada swarms before? (Read 1351 times)

K1ng_0f_N0thing · April 30, 2016, 01:42:02 PM

Quote from: sir dooble on April 30, 2016, 11:50:27 AM

That's probably the shells of the exuvia (the old exo-skeleton that they moult before becoming adults) falling off the trees. Cicadas, like other insects, are basically too small to be injured from a fall.

That makes sense actually. Thanks for clearing that up, thought all cicadas are just terribly stupid.

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Ravencroft� · April 30, 2016, 01:45:48 PM

Quote from: K1ng_0f_N0thing on April 30, 2016, 01:42:02 PM

That makes sense actually. Thanks for clearing that up, thought all cicadas are just terribly stupid.

Yeah the cicadas climb the trees and stay there until they're done molting. I occasionally see their shells along the trunks of trees on hikes and stuff but have never actually seen one.

Tayasaurus · April 30, 2016, 02:34:32 PM

the shells are fun to play with

Ipquarx · April 30, 2016, 02:51:48 PM

Cicada 1,000,000,000

freshmin · April 30, 2016, 03:30:08 PM

Quote from: Ravencroft� on April 30, 2016, 12:36:50 PM

They are not tiny lol

they're tiny compared to me

Rigel · April 30, 2016, 03:40:53 PM

Quote from: Tayasaurus on April 30, 2016, 02:34:32 PM

the shells are fun to play with

but not to eat

caxto · April 30, 2016, 03:45:51 PM

When i was young i used to play with cicadas. they where pretty cool.

hillkill · April 30, 2016, 03:47:14 PM

no, but i deal with mayflies every year since i live by lake erie. forgeters cover up your entire house.

SlayerZ99 · April 30, 2016, 03:49:26 PM

I remember riding my motorcycle and getting hit in the neck with one of them holy stuff

Trogtor · April 30, 2016, 03:51:56 PM

down here its every 11 or 13 years so we had them about a couple years back. yeah i know how its like and its super loud and annoying

Ravencroft� · April 30, 2016, 09:23:49 PM

Quote from: Trogtor on April 30, 2016, 03:51:56 PM

down here its every 11 or 13 years so we had them about a couple years back. yeah i know how its like and its super loud and annoying

yeah some of them have a 13 year cycle

Sheepocalypse · April 30, 2016, 09:48:03 PM

Theyre kinda cute

Jubel · April 30, 2016, 09:51:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLiWy2nT7U

Rockinboy2000 · April 30, 2016, 11:10:34 PM

i thought cicadas were cool as a kid but theyre really annoying now

XR-7 · April 30, 2016, 11:24:04 PM

Quote from: hillkill on April 30, 2016, 03:47:14 PM

no, but i deal with mayflies every year since i live by lake erie. forgeters cover up your entire house.

And those things die all over everything too. I visited a dam several years ago and there were so many dead mayflies that their corpses accumulated almost halfway up my shoe