CICADAS!

[talisman]

Aight so there's about 5 billion of these fuckers in my area.

Now, apparently, there are three in my basement, where I am, chilling on the comp(I'm chilling on the comp, not them). Now I'm all like "WTF!" here because, I mean, how the fuck do they get inside?

And then one of them is bitching because he/she flew into a spiders web and is currently being dined on. And I'm all like, "STFU, I'm on the computer." ButI don't do anything about it because I don't want to upset the spiders: god knows there's more of them than me in my basement.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[Freak83]

Uh yeah, care to tell us what a "Cicada" is?

[lightdarkness]

I think its some type of bug.

[Squeek]

...

A cicada is the most annoying bug ever. It's all of the following:

a) Retarded. Yes, mentally deficient.
b) Blind. No sight at all.
c) Huge. You can see them from like 100 feet away.
d) Smelly. Get 6,000,000 in a group, smells worse than baby poo.

They aren't fun. I live in the forest, so you just know I have billions.

Freak, if you don't know what cicadas are, think locusts, but 1,000 fold with no purpose at all and smell really bad.

~Squeek

[Omeganitros]

They are worse than the cockroach.

Talisman, arm yourself with two cans of Raid and let loose. Gets rid of both the spiders and the cicadas.
Should they be resistant to Raid, you can always try the "put match up to can as you spray and unleash flamethrower," but this is highly dangerous and could lead to the can exploding. So it's better if you take everything you value out of the room, make a mechanism that will blow up the can, step out, pull the string, and BOOM! Raid spreads through the air thanks to our friend Osmosis, and every living organism is dead or dying in a short time!

Don't listen to me. I have no idea what I'm talking about.

[talisman]

cicadas are pretty much the scourge of the midwest about now...

They come every seventeen years. Meaning they chill under ground until they're so horny they can't take it anymore and then they come out and bitch really LOUDLY until they find someone else, go to butt to butt with them, and then die and rot on our sidewalks.

Where I am the smell hasn't hit yet. It's mainly the noise.

[jewpinthethird]

Are those those Bugs that go "EGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN" all freaking day because I hate those damn bugs.

[Synthlight]

For those of you who don't know.. Cicadas burrow into the ground as infants and usually (depending on the brood type) come out once every 17 years.. There are about 11-14 brood's across the nation and all have different life cycles.. This year the 2 largest broods will be hatching and there will be literally billions of them. They lay their egg's in the trees but fly just about anywhere. They have eyesight but are VERY bad at flying. Imagine a nat but about 100x the size.. That is a Cicada.. Very large.. Very loud.. Very clumsy.. and they will be completely gone in about 5-6 weeks from now.

And in most cases, they will not bite ever.. You can even hold them.

I am old enough to have been in junior high the last time we had Cicadas this bad. Btw.. If you live in the midwest or east coast.. You will be getting cicadas any day now.

Cheers,

Synthlight

[Omeganitros]

Btw.. If you live in the midwest or east coast.. You will be getting cicadas any day now.

*Lock and Load*

I have 12 cans of Raid, enough Ramen Noodles to last me five months, and plenty of Febreeze(Red Mage Reference).

Bring it on.

[User6773]

We have craploads around here. They're about the size of a fun size candy bar, and they've got bright red eyes. Psycho bugs from hell.

[IAMTHEEVILBEAN]

Eat them.

[Mychilli]

i heard people in australia keep them as pets

[User6773]

Eat them.

The mother of one of my friends eats cicada omelettes.

I'm not joking.

[Jam930]

I can't stand those things. One landed on me and wouldn't let go... I was scarred for life.

[evilbutterfly]

arent those the bugs that shed, molt, whatever it's called? and they leave lil exoskeletons all over the trees? because i remember thinking those lil dead bug skeletons were the coolest, and that they were only there every so often. but yeah, i think those are cicadas. they've never been bad where i live, tho...