Cicadas

[racingpinarello]

This one landed, and before Jack (little boy) stepped on it I took this picture. Using a 16-35 doesn't lead to good macro shots, but I cropped it.

Loren

[Lara]

Yes Natalie I'm very close to you. I was waiting for you to notice lol. Your Cicada story cracked me up for sure! But I have absolutely no sympathy for them, bleck :P

Loren, Andy ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww That's one scary bug! Great photos, but YUCK!

[walterick]

I wanna get one of them before they leave.

Did I mention these things are loud?! I have to raise my voice to talk to people when I'm outside. They sound like screaming, tortured people sometimes.

[natatbeach]

and talk a lot

ALL the noise is from the males looking for chicks( or would that be cics - HA get it??
I crack myself up!)...I guess they aren't so different from humans...

[walterick]

and you all do talk a lot. But something got screwed up in the evolution scheme, see, cuz in the rest of nature we're the pretty ones and you all are ugly now with humn beings, it's the other way around

[stew]

you mean y'all ? aren't you a true southerner? like myself?

and you got that right... women are the beautiful ones... and personally, i have no problem with that

[walterick]

I'm semi-southern, to be exact. I'm from Virginia, the "north south."

But hey, we've got the General Lee

[natatbeach]

I emailed ya... where was that taken?

[walterick]

They have the annual "Dukes Days" every August. Cooters is run by Ben Jones, the actor who played Cooter on the show. He gets all the old actors to come in for "Duke Days."

I'll go check my email. Maybe we can have a "Dukes Gathering!"

[paulnj]

please!!!

what you needed was a 68 ROADRUNNER 440 6PACK

then DAISY would have jump into the frame too

BTW... DEM DARE BUGGIES ER GONNA HATCH OUT HEAR 2... PERTY SUNE ;)

[Acadia25]

Fun thread, and nice shots.

In Japan, cicadas are generally thought of fondly, and are seen as a good sign of the coming of summer.

Also, while the larvae feed on fluid from tree roots (which may not be so good for some very young trees but in general seems to not bother the trees so much), the older cicadas don't seem to eat much of anything. Nor do they bite, sting or spread any diseases.

I guess that I am in the minority, but I have a soft spot for them (NOT to eat). Something about them waiting around for 13 or 17 years, then flying about just trying to get the next generation going before its all over in just five weeks makes me feel sentimental.

[natatbeach]

You just have to feel for them...a face only a mother could love