Seven freshly molted cicadas and their empty nymph shells.



There are now thousands in the area. The noise they make is loud.

They are coming out here now also. Should be in full swing if the heat hits here like they're calling for the next week.

Keep them in your area Hippie, I didn't see any yet.

Been in full swing about a week here hippie. Everyday they get a little louder.

I drive twenty miles northeast to Allentown and you don't hear them.

We went up Licking Crick today and they were flying into the vehicle. Up in the mountain they are just starting but in the valley they are pretty thick.

Used to see and hear them in FLA.

Tonight, Tucker had a report on them. They gave him a plate of chocolate covered cicadas ...he didn't know that and ate one ahead of time ...lol....he ate another one on live stream and liked it again ...

I had chocolate covered grasshoppers years ago in Georgia. They were good !

Like I say- just cover it with chocolate !

It is good to know what you can eat if you need to.

I was just glad they didn't sing at night , when I was in FLA. They can be deafening. Fascinating insects , really. Love those ruby red eyes.

They've been loud for days here. Fish can't resist them.
Just watch those green eyed ones. They do bite a little.

Everything eats them here. My dogs love them. We've been talking about trying some but haven't found a decent recipe.

My 8 year old grandsons don't like the wings. Lol

[quote=Sharon]Used to see and hear them in FLA.

Tonight, Tucker had a report on them. They gave him a plate of chocolate covered cicadas ...he didn't know that and ate one ahead of time ...lol....he ate another one on live stream and liked it again ...

I had chocolate covered grasshoppers years ago in Georgia. They were good !

Like I say- just cover it with chocolate !

It is good to know what you can eat if you need to.

I was just glad they didn't sing at night , when I was in FLA. They can be deafening. Fascinating insects , really. Love those ruby red eyes. [quote]


Heard on the radio this past week; if you have shellfish allergies you shouldn’t eat them. Simular enough biologically to cause problems. Some taco stands selling them.

We don't have those black ones, ours are green

Copperheads eat them like candy

Brother in southern Indiana seasoned and roasted a few. Said they tasted a little buggy, imagine that!

Expecting them in Asheville. Only seen a few and haven’t heard any. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, they say.

Much rather have them then the mormon crickets that are in my area.

The Incredibly Bizarre Story Of Cicadas & Fungi
Learn Your Land
Jun 14, 2019

https://youtu.be/mSmD43tS9O0

None here I think different parts of the country are on different life cycles.

Singing good today, first I heard any in my back yard.

We've had them for at least 2 weeks here in Southern Indiana . Yesterday they was so loud , you could hear them in the house .

Would these even be similar to the locust John The Baptist ate in the wilderness?

None here. Not that I would be able to hear them over the peepers anyway.