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05-30-2007, 12:13 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: A little town south of Chicago
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| The cicadas are here! and Adie Loves Them The chicago area is being bombarded by cicadas again. (the 17 year ones - meaning they come out every 17 years.) An article in the newspaper said they are almost all protein and taste like almonds. (Wonder who tried that!) Anyway, Adie discovered that they are delicious and has been eating as many as she can get her little teeth into. She only eats the live ones. (Probably because they put up a fight.) They are perfectly harmless so I don't worry too much but it sure has made a picky eater even more picky. We decided we would feed her less meat and more veggies until they go away. It is useless to try to keep her away from them. The number hasn't come close to peaking yet so there are many more to come for a while. They are really ugly bugs and very large. If anyone wants to see a photo I can post one. I have a picture of one in my hand and a bunch of them on a tree drying their wings before they can fly. They leave behind a hard nasty looking shell too. The really good news is that no wildlife will go hungry this summer. I have seen all kinds of animals and birds eating them. We have three baby squirrels in one of our trees and they run up and down the trunk finding and eating them! Racoons love them too. |
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05-30-2007, 12:21 PM | #2 |
Lovin' Lucy & Rebel Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia
Posts: 4,438
| I wanna see a picture! I don't know what they look like.
__________________ Kim , Rebel ,and baby Dixie RIP my sweet Lucy |
05-30-2007, 12:24 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA
Posts: 4,327
| Adie, how can you stand to eat those nasty things? You need to save some of them for the squirrels. Can you please make sure they don't come to Pennsylvania.
__________________ Rudy, Zoey & Buster's mom (Dawn) Rest In Peace my precious Gracie girl & Lucky buddie Dogster:http://www.dogster.com/dogs/382659 & http://www.dogster.com/dogs/497315 |
05-30-2007, 12:24 PM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Heartland
Posts: 506
| OOOhhhh! Gross! |
05-30-2007, 12:25 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 4,591
| I want to see what they look like also
__________________ Eva and her keikis: Hokule'a, Kalani & Pi'ilani |
05-30-2007, 12:47 PM | #6 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California
Posts: 3,025
| I wanna see a picture of the nastly little bug delicacies!
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05-30-2007, 12:51 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago
Posts: 3,145
| that's so weird.. we don't have them here yet.. and I really hope we don't.. I'm terrified of bugs!!
__________________ Edith and my two Princesses Kayah and Evie Proud Member of "The Pink Club" |
05-30-2007, 12:54 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | Crunch Crunch - Yum Yum !!! that must be a site to see and gross on the invasion - I've heard about it but never seen one ...some people think crickets and such are a delicacy - she has good taste I guess |
05-30-2007, 01:15 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I haven't seen any yet, Thank God!
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05-31-2007, 07:06 AM | #10 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: A little town south of Chicago
Posts: 4,525
| We are surrounded by a forest preserve and there are a lot of oak trees in out yard. They seem to love the maples the most. I KNOW Chicago is going to be hit! I went to Brookfield Zoo last time and we could hardly walk around without getting hit in the face every 30 seconds! You couldn't avoid stepping on them! My photos are still in my camera but I'll post the pictures asap. |
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