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RedBlackAttack
05-29-2016, 04:38 PM
Northeast Ohio is being blanketed by one of the nastiest looking insects you will ever see.

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/trending/2013/05/28/cicada.jpg.CROP.rectangle3-large.jpg

http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2013/achildholdsu.jpg


They arrive every 17 years from the depths of hell, leaving a discarded shell in their wake.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cicada_molting_animated-2.gif


They are obviously harmless except for the fact that they give zero f#cks about invading your personal space and are the worst drivers on the insect superhighway. It isn't uncommon for one to fly 50mph right into your face or land on you for no discernible reason.

Right now, my back deck is literally brimming with these little buggers. I counted 20 on one of my lawn chairs.

Anyone else infested?
Hawker
05-29-2016, 04:46 PM
They're annoying as balls and they're normal down in Texas in the summer.

When it's hot as hell and you're outside and irritable, the sound a cicada makes can almost tip you over the edge.
RedBlackAttack
05-29-2016, 04:57 PM
Yeah, their mating call is just a constant, very loud pulsating echo of screams. It's enough to keep you up at night.
highwhey
05-29-2016, 05:38 PM
Those are some ugly insects. Am glad there aren't any around my way. I wonder how many my cats would kill tho.
Patrick Chewing
05-29-2016, 06:29 PM
I hear them every day in my backyard. You almost don't notice it until you realize it's all you hear. It can drive you mad.
Meticode
05-29-2016, 06:31 PM
When I lived in Cincinnati we would get 13 and 17 year cicadas. We had them when I was really young and don't remember. I moved before they ever came back.
Megabox!
05-30-2016, 02:37 AM
I live in Vegas, we mostly get random locust jumping around and lizards in the summer time
Riddler
05-30-2016, 02:50 AM
They're annoying as balls and they're normal down in Texas in the summer.


yea...

especially if one gets inside your house and you're still unable to remove it.

annoying...

and very common.
Jameerthefear
05-30-2016, 02:57 AM
Down here we have cicadas and Japanese beetles. Both annoying as shit