Cicadas are here!

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.

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5 responses to “Cicadas are here!”

• 15 May 2004 at 2:16 pm
  jack said:

  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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• 17 May 2004 at 2:01 pm
  Lisa said:

  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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• 17 May 2004 at 3:14 pm
  isaac said:

  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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• 19 May 2004 at 12:23 am
  Jon said:

  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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• 19 May 2004 at 12:03 pm
  isaac said:

  Apparently they’re pretty tasty.

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