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And so it begins...Brood X

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Sitting on the patio with my lady tonight and I feel a tickle on my neck. She jumps 3 feet in the air and points at me yelling “ holy shit!”...yup, the fun begins.
 
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Sitting on the patio with my lady tonight and I feel a tickle on my neck. She jumps 3 feet in the air and points at me yelling “ holy shit!”...yup, the fun begins.
Glad they're completely harmless...could you imagine if these things were from Australia?!?!?

Edit: Not completely harmless...with the amount the birds are eating they are now dropping pterodactyl size bombs on my car!
 
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Sitting on the patio with my lady tonight and I feel a tickle on my neck. She jumps 3 feet in the air and points at me yelling “ holy shit!”...yup, the fun begins.
So, here's what I'd do...

Wait a few days when she's done thinking about that. Then, next time you're on the patio together, jump up, point at her, and yell: "holy shit!!"

When she freaks out and inevitably screams, "what?!!!"

Just tell her she's beautiful. ☺️🍿
 
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Sitting on the patio with my lady tonight and I feel a tickle on my neck. She jumps 3 feet in the air and points at me yelling “ holy shit!”...yup, the fun begins.
That happened to me a few years ago. Except it was 5AM, I was in bed, the tickle was on my thigh, and it was one of these...
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still gives me the creeps when I think about it!

EDIT: and it was me that jumped 3 feet in the air and screamed!
 
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Glad they're completely harmless...could you imagine if these things were from Australia?!?!?

Edit: Not completely harmless...with the amount the birds are eating they are now dropping pterodactyl size bombs on my car!
If it were an Austrian Cicada, it would have ripped out my jugular and played around in my blood while laughing at my wife.
 
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If it were an Austrian Cicada, it would have ripped out my jugular and played around in my blood while laughing at my wife.
Is the Austrian cicada more ferocious than the Australian variety?
 
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I hear cicadas everyday. Unfortunately it is the sound my tinnitus in my ears makes.
 
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Where I am our 17 year cicada is brood IV (4) - won't experience them again until 2032.

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Is the Austrian cicada more ferocious than the Australian variety?
I hear the Aussie variant can stop a mugging with a soup can...
 
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I hear the Aussie variant can stop a mugging with a soup can...



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The Aussie Cicada ate the croc that ate @STANDY Seiko.

They meet the 4 don’t rule in Australia
They don’t bite, don’t sting, don’t eat produce or kids , don’t bother us
 
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They meet the 4 don’t rule in Australia
They don’t bite, don’t sting, don’t eat produce or kids , don’t bother us
I rather like that rule, and I thank you for bringing it to my attention 😀 I'll now use it to rank creatures in my locale
 
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They are currently hiding in my coneflowers while they dry their wings.

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They look like Brussels sprouts
 
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Cicadas are clean compared to bots!!! I actually like how they sound.
 
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Loud humming in the background when I was out in the backyard this morning. It's a bit more distant that 17 years ago though, as the woods that started 2 houses away got bulldozed and turned into 6k square foot houses. Sat on the patio for 20 minutes and did not have a single cicada visitor. My wife had a few yesterday, thought.
 
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The chorus has begun! As the sun rose this morning, it was as if a conductor raised his/her baton and queued the beginning of a long slow crescendo.

Here's a photo of a telephone pole between our neighbor and us...you can't walk without stepping on them, and they crawl up your legs if you stop for a moment.

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JwRosenthal
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Went out for my morning coffee on the patio- someone joined me
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They are everywhere, and they land on you, and don’t move when you shoo them away and just sit there as you walk...not the brightest insect.
 
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The noise level was much higher this morning. We're still getting spared at my house though.
 
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