I think we only have another week of cicadas until they go underground for another 17 years.

I had to drive through alot of heavily wooded areas today and it was unbearable. There were over 200 on some trees and I think every tree had at least 50. Dead ones were all over. The trees had just as many dead ones surrounding them as in the branches. I had to drive with my windows up or get smacked upside the head with one. In some spots they literally covered the road.

It was horribily noisy. I was told that they carry on like this day and night.

Anyways, here's my questions:

Are bigfoot known to eat insects (like locusts)?

Are animals with sensitive hearing bothered by them? I did see many more dead dear than normal for this time of year.

Do you think cicada's would go quiet if a bigfoot were around like all the other critters?

And for the record, they are pretty damn ugly.

I think BF would regard cicidas as a particularly noisy but tasty snack.

Factoid One year in Broken Bow Oklahoma I heard the cicada cadence so load it was almost deafening.
When I arrived at the lake it was amazing ......
at least 20 -30 feet of the shoreline was floating Cicada in the water
the fish were loving it......
No squatch sighting though.
You had to talk loudly standing close to another person outdoors
it was amazing.
Extremely vunerable were heating and air units becoming
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Many people around the world enjoy eating insects-so I don't see why a hungry primate would pass them up.

Cicada recipes

El Chirper Tacos

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter or peanut oil
1/2 pound newly emerged cicadas
2 serrano chilies, raw, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground pepper or to taste
1/2 tsp cumin
3 tsp taco seasoning mix
1 handful cilantro, chopped
Taco shells, to serve
Sour cream
Shredded cheddar cheese
Shredded lettuce

Directions

1. Heat the butter or oil in a frying pan and fry the cicadas for 10 minuts, or until cooked through.

2. Remove from pan and roughly chop into 1/4-inch cubes/ Place back in pan.

3. Add the chopped onions, chilies and tomato, season with salt, and fry for another 5 minutes on medium-low heat.

4. Sprinkle with ground pepper, cumin and oregano to taste.

5. Serve in taco shells and garnish with cilantro, sour cream, lettuce and cheddar cheese.

nooo nnooo... nope nope nope.. couldn't do it..
I'd starve first..

please excuse me now while I go ralph in the corner.. :help:





In Utah, every few years they get hoards of mormon crickets.. (don't know why they call them that really.. never seen 'em go to church)
They are enormous and disgusting.. They were so bad one year that the road was moving literally..
My brother and cousins liked using them as a ball during batting practice.

yuckk! :willies:

Bigfoot'd just make 'em go silent. And that's why we need Bigfoot to come out of hiding -- so he'd make the cicadas shut up.

man..I kinda wish we had them here, just to see the spectical.
Nuthing up here...

Re: cicadas just thought I'd reopen this old thread with some wisdom re: cicada vs. katydid night noises:

I hear a loud repetitive noise at night, is this cicadas singing?

No, there are no cicadas in the U.S. that sing at night (it is either Elvis or a katydid). When cicada populations are very dense, some individuals may utter short bursts of sound during unusually hot nights, but this behavior is not typical. Most noises at night are crickets, katydids, or frogs.

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/mi...al/magiFAQ.html

Just to add, don't intimidate a katydid........though katydids are vegetarians, they will bite if handled roughly, so be gentle.