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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: MuggsyB on May 22, 2021, 10:29:49 PM

Title: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: MuggsyB on May 22, 2021, 10:29:49 PM: Is anyone in a 17 year Cicada state and have they emerged yet? Maybe it's me but I think they're extremely cool. Their cycles are a defense mechanism. They're totally harmless....apparently dogs, squirrels, and birds are chomping on them in some areas. If you have a dog in a cicada area I would monitor their gorging.
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: StillAWarrior on May 23, 2021, 06:03:31 AM: Quote from: MuggsyB on May 22, 2021, 10:29:49 PM
Is anyone in a 17 year Cicada state and have they emerged yet? Maybe it's me but I think they're extremely cool. Their cycles are a defense mechanism. They're totally harmless....apparently dogs, squirrels, and birds are chomping on them in some areas. If you have a dog in a cicada area I would monitor their gorging.

We’re in DC for my daughter’s graduation and they are here. On campus yesterday we saw lots of the molted shells, but not too many of the insects.
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: 4everwarriors on May 23, 2021, 06:28:41 AM: Cilly me, heer I taught Shaka recruited too brothas, hey?
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: Dickthedribbler on May 23, 2021, 09:53:43 AM: If I recall, these little fellows bury themselves underground for 17 years, then emerge desperately seeking a partner to have sex with; have sex one time only; and then die.

Sounds eerily similar to my high school, college and post-college years.
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: MU82 on May 23, 2021, 10:07:20 AM: Quote from: 4everwarriors on May 23, 2021, 06:28:41 AM
Cilly me, heer I taught Shaka recruited too brothas, hey?

Black folks absolutely LOVE it when old white guys use ebonics, nu?
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: MuggsyB on May 23, 2021, 10:09:22 AM: Quote from: Dickthedribbler on May 23, 2021, 09:53:43 AM
If I recall, these little fellows bury themselves underground for 17 years, then emerge desperately seeking a partner to have sex with; have sex one time only; and then die.

Sounds eerily similar to my high school, college and post-college years.

LOL. They've been around 50-200 million years. Clearly their strategy seems to be working.
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: jesmu84 on May 23, 2021, 11:22:33 AM: Quote from: MuggsyB on May 23, 2021, 10:09:22 AM
LOL. They've been around 50-200 million years. Clearly their strategy seems to be working.

Fascinating evolutionary biology
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: MuggsyB on May 23, 2021, 12:12:16 PM: Quote from: jesmu84 on May 23, 2021, 11:22:33 AM
Fascinating evolutionary biology

It truly is....amazing creatures. It's supposedly the males that whine constantly. The question is will there be the numbers they're talking about? I thought I read Trillion with a T.
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: warriorchick on May 23, 2021, 01:05:31 PM: Quote from: MuggsyB on May 23, 2021, 12:12:16 PM
It's supposedly the males that whine constantly.

How does this differ from males who want to mate in any other species?
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: tower912 on May 23, 2021, 01:07:01 PM: Quote from: warriorchick on May 23, 2021, 01:05:31 PM
How does this differ from males who want to mate in any other species?

The cicadas are coming? I didn't even notice them breathing hard.
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: MuggsyB on May 23, 2021, 01:29:56 PM: Quote from: warriorchick on May 23, 2021, 01:05:31 PM
How does this differ from males who want to mate in any other species?

Touche WC.
Title: Re: The Cicadas are coming
Post by: NCMUFan on May 23, 2021, 04:25:02 PM: My wife's college roommate lives in Maryland. She recently sent photos of them.