Saw my first cicada this morning - Democratic Underground

Paragon

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Mon May-17-04 11:56 AM
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Saw my first cicada this morning

Right at eye level, stuck to the wall next to the door entering my apartment building. All white, so presumably fresh outta his exoskeleton.

Ick. Ptuii. Yuck. Blecch. Pbbbt.

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Lizz612

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Mon May-17-04 12:00 PM
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1. I am so jealous!

I left MD last week and I missed them! I'm such Bio geek. I really wanted to see them. :(

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Paragon

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Mon May-17-04 12:01 PM
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3. You can have 'em.

HATE bugs. Hate 'em.

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soothsayer

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Mon May-17-04 12:00 PM
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2. The white ones are so COOL! With those fake black eyes on their

backs. Very neat.

I saw a cicada this morning ON MY SHOULDER! After coming in from mowing the lawn. Eeeek!

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Paragon

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Mon May-17-04 12:02 PM
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4. Yeah, well - I swatted it away.

NOT cool.

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Dogmudgeon

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Mon May-17-04 12:02 PM
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5. Nothin' here yet in Philly

And it's been warm and wet for a week and a half.

These bad boys are late. Back in 1987, they were right on time. In 1970, like clockwork. In 1953 -- I hadn't been born.

You'd think they'd be all over the place, but they aren't.

I haven't seen a honeybee in years, either, but plenty of hornets and yellow jackets.

If a large chunk of Brood 10 (the current brood) has died off, that would be yet another Harbinger of Doom.

--bkl

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Paragon

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Mon May-17-04 12:06 PM
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6. I don't want to think about how bad it's gonna get.

I'm not leaving my apartment until they're all dead with the babies DEEP in the ground.

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