brimon.net » nature http://brimon.net A family of three enjoys God, life, and each other Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:56:32 +0000 en hourly 1 Cicada Crazy http://brimon.net/2004/05/25/cicada-crazy http://brimon.net/2004/05/25/cicada-crazy#comments Tue, 25 May 2004 13:23:38 +0000 Brian http://localhost/brimon.net/?p=185 [...]]]> They’re EVERYWHERE! I’ve never seen so many nasty, red-eyed bugs in my life. I remember the annual cicada-fest every year when I lived in Florida, but man, that was nothing compared to the once-every-17-years variety. Their favorite hobby is to fly around and attach themselves to your clothes as you walk by them, which causes the all too familiar “there’s a bug on me” spastic fit that we all know and love.

cicada larvae and adult

And the noise they make! It’s like some sort of sci-fi death ray sound. Now that I think about, it’s alot like the transporter sound from the original Star Trek show. Just turn on Sci-Fi channel when it’s on, and when Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and the red-shirted-soon-to-be-dead guy transport to the planet below, imagine that sound times 1000, and you’ll know how it sounds in our neighborhood every day.

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