Emergence started yesterday in Villa Park. There are easily seven billion of these things in my yard. It's gonna get really loud and really stinky soon. At least the dog gets some snacks out of it.

went for a walk before work on friday and saw normandy beach level carcasses on the sidewalks. these fuckers are the dumbest things nature produced.

Nothing (yet) here in Arlington Heights. Not surprising, since we didn't have any the last time, either. MANY have bagged their little tender trees and shrubs. I hope I am wrong (I like cicadas) but guessing they wasted their money.

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Our outbreak started about three weeks ago, now the "transformer about to explode" noise is gone. My neighborhood was built up at the same time as the last breed date, so we don't have many on our block as most of them ended up buried under houses and driveways. I find one or two dead ones on my driveway each day, I suspect that my gutters are full of them from the two old trees which rise above the house.

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Theyre kind of cool in a novelty way but once they start screaming en masse everyone wishes they were dead.

So was mine. I wonder if that's why I haven't seen any?

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I haven't seen much biking around Maple Lake and the Little Red Schoolhouse but I took a walk today around the Prairie Trail off Lagrange just south of Orland and HOLY HELL- they were everywhere and their sound was extremely loud in places. There were areas where small trees were absolutely covered. I thought it was pretty cool but they freaked out my walking partner.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

These things are fantastic. The noise they make somehow eases tinnitus. I hate bugs, but these things are chill. I wish they'd come out every year.

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"Cicadas are at their most tender just out of the shell. The tough exoskeleton is not very tasty," he said in a post for the university. "Watch them climb up a tree and begin to molt from their outer shell. When they're out of their shell, gently grab the soft bodies, blanch them in boiling water for one minute, then put them into a zip-lock bag and place them in the freezer before preparing them to cook."

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It was absolutely brutal down there. I believe its a Double Brood down in Charleston.

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I'm sure Dan Bernstein is frying them up in butter.

This is the worst Willa Cather's novel ever

@WarrenNewson

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my dogs must've eaten 10,000 of them in the past few days. Our neighborhood feels like Cicada Ground Zero.

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OTE is going to have to white board how he got from Chet's post to Wila Cather. In a related story, I just picked up Shadows on the Rock. Knock on wood, it will be a more entertaining read than this thread.

We let our cat go to town about a week ago. He enjoyed himself and then spent an entire day vomiting. We had to close the smorgasbord at that point.

Fuckin cats man.

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Just kill the cat at that point

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Are you trying out for Trump's running mate or something?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Trump’s running mate: yeah I shot a dog

Analysis: people love dogs…dumb


DeathSantis’ running mate: cat is annoying, kill the cat

Analysis: sheer administrative competence (which I understand nobody cares about)

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