21-05-2004, 02:25 PM
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The Cicadas are coming!
Anyone from the US experiencing this yet?
America hit by storm of insects A swarm of cicadas has emerged after 17 years underground in the eastern US. Trillions of the insects will blanket the landscape in a frenzy of breeding, before dying en masse in June. The bugs, which have the longest known adult-to-adult cycle, will have to contend with a more developed world than the one they left behind in 1987. Some scientists say urbanisation is endangering periodical cicadas: at least one population is already extinct and others are at risk, they fear. This month though, if you are in the thick of the action, it is hard to imagine a time without cicadas. "There is loud singing in the tree above me right now and the sidewalk is littered with dead bodies," Jenna Jadin, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Maryland, told BBC News Online. "It's amazing - there is a covering of 'shells' pretty much everywhere."
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22-05-2004, 06:14 PM
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Re: The Cicadas are coming!
The good thing is (if you're brave) they're edible.
 Aaron
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23-05-2004, 04:23 PM
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Re: The Cicadas are coming!
Yeah, they can have pretty bad effects on those that are allergic to them, as I understand. They hardly look tempting, I must say. Look more suited to a menu on I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Outta Here.
Aaron
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