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Cicadas are here!

Cicada in DC

One landed on me, and I’ll admit that I freaked out a bit brushing it off my arm. I found this cooperative red-eyed bug on a plant in Rock Creek Park.

This entry was posted by isaac on Saturday, May 15th, 2004 at 12:35 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

5 Responses to “Cicadas are here!”

  1. jack says:
    15 May 2004 at 2:16 pm

    hey isaac…nice bug…the red eyes are a kick, and i never noticed that before. interesting.

    i remember going to rock creek park with my dad and jean when deb and i went back there to visit in ‘79. it was a funny visit, and deb and i rode in the back seat of their canary yellow VW convertible (top down, of course)…funny stuff!

    won’t be long now and you’ll be getting into that 90 degree/90% humidity zone…thank god for air-conditioning, eh? we’re headed for homer next weekend…wahoo! l,jack

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  2. Lisa says:
    17 May 2004 at 2:01 pm

    I love insects as long as they don’t have the audacity to land on ME. They probably feel the same about me.

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  3. isaac says:
    17 May 2004 at 3:14 pm

    The cicadas I’ve seen so far are pretty lethargic. If they do happen to be flying around, once they land on something they stay there unless forcibly removed — running and violent arm flapping seem to work well.

    Rock Creek Park is pretty strange compared to other urban parks, more like a slice of wilderness than the usual family-friendly collection of grassy expanses, playground equipment, tennis courts, and so on.

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  4. Jon says:
    19 May 2004 at 12:23 am

    I heard about a guy today who cooked up a batch of Cicadas 12 I think, only to find out after eating them that he was allergic to cicadas. Jon

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