Cicada Apocalypse

Toll_Collector · 2024-05-21T04:59:46.716Z

Living in NJ I am not unfamiliar with these creatures. They come from time to time, I can hear them. But never once did I ever see a lot of them. I mainly heard them. If I didn’t hear them, I wouldn’t know they existed. Never in large numbers where I would actually see them. I’d see a dead one from time to time.

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tnt · 2024-05-21T11:10:35.443Z

Toll_Collector:

I keep hearing about this. Me and my dog were around the firepit last night and it was as silent as a crypt. It’s dead silent outside all day and night. When should I expect them here in NJ?

I don’t think we are getting the big broods.

But my lawn has holes in it, so some have emerged. Just not the huge swarms.

tnt · 2024-05-21T11:14:26.548Z

Oh, and PSA…oak leaf mites feed on cicada larva. The mites fall on you from trees (and i don’t think it’s just oak trees) then you itch like a ■■■■■■■■■■■■■

You might think you have bed bugs as they often fall down the back of your shirt and eat your back.

If you walk under trees a lot during cicada season wear a wide brimmed hat.

tnt · 2024-05-21T11:15:40.501Z

Toll_Collector:

Living in NJ I am not unfamiliar with these creatures. They come from time to time, I can hear them. But never once did I ever see a lot of them. I mainly heard them. If I didn’t hear them, I wouldn’t know they existed. Never in large numbers where I would actually see them. I’d see a dead one from time to time.

Really???

The last big brood, our sidewalks were covered. The really big brood before that, even more so.

You could literally shovel them up off the sidewalk.

Toll_Collector · 2024-05-21T11:31:34.503Z

tnt:

Toll_Collector:

Living in NJ I am not unfamiliar with these creatures. They come from time to time, I can hear them. But never once did I ever see a lot of them. I mainly heard them. If I didn’t hear them, I wouldn’t know they existed. Never in large numbers where I would actually see them. I’d see a dead one from time to time.

Really???

The last big brood, our sidewalks were covered. The really big brood before that, even more so.

You could literally shovel them up off the sidewalk.

I have never encountered that. I grew up in the Maplewood/South Orange school district. In the 90s I lived in Basking Ridge. Briefly in Lacey Township. Then from 2001 until now, in the Manasquan area.

I have a lot of New Jersey covered there. Like I said, if I didn’t hear them, I wouldn’t know they were there.

SixFoot · 2024-05-21T13:04:00.795Z

Shut the hell up already!!

tnt · 2024-05-21T13:06:36.439Z

The New Yorker – 2 Jun 21

When Bob Dylan Heard the Cicadas

The seventeen-year cycle of an insect intersects with history.

GWH · 2024-05-21T13:33:49.749Z

Brown noise. They’re finally dying off here. Went strong for a month.

SixFoot · 2024-05-21T13:38:03.798Z

Brown noise behind a wall, at night, with the fan on, maybe.

Needles in the ear drums working out there next to them. I can hear them while operating my 1951 John Deere Model B.

GWH · 2024-05-21T13:57:05.208Z

They sound like they’re burping here. One long guttural low pitched burp.

Ben_Natuf · 2024-05-21T23:42:40.647Z

could be the burried chemicals

SixFoot · 2024-05-22T00:07:49.093Z

Damn, is that all we had to do?

DMK · 2024-05-22T10:51:27.532Z

Cicadas are nicknamed land shrimp. They share the same family of shrimp and lobsters. Lots of recipes out there that look pretty tasty.

People all over the world dine on cicadas, including the Native Americans that lived here before the Europeans arrived.

Cicadas have been named “the shrimp of the land” due to their taste, prevalence, and appearance.

These delicious bugs live their lives underground sucking on roots and loading up on all kinds of nutrients that pass through the tree roots.

Not only are they a decent meal, but they are extremely nutritious and give you large amounts of proteins and nutrients that are great in a survival situation (pound for pound, cicadas offer the same amount of protein as beef).

The Shooter's Log – 30 May 13

Shrimp of the Land: A Quick Guide to Eating Cicadas - The Shooter's Log

Sometimes referred to as the shrimp of the land, cicadas are perfectly edible and can provide some valuable nutrition in a pinch.

Est. reading time: 5 minutes

https://www.macon.com/living/food-drink/article288228025.html

SixFoot · 2024-05-22T12:48:30.972Z

The before-fore times when eating insects was only a suggestion.

DMK · 2024-05-22T13:01:18.959Z

SixFoot:

The before-fore times when eating insects was only a suggestion.

I’d be willing to try them. Apparently, they taste like lobster/shrimp if broiled.

Toll_Collector · 2024-05-22T13:09:48.547Z

DMK:

SixFoot:

The before-fore times when eating insects was only a suggestion.

I’d be willing to try them. Apparently, they taste like lobster/shrimp if broiled.

I’d be willing to try them too, in an apocalyptic situation. Luckily I don’t have to.

They should taste like lobster, after all, they are the cockroaches of the sea. They all probably taste similar.

Bugs In Our Backyard – 14 Nov 15

The Lobster: Cockroach of the Sea?

Living in Maine, where lobsters are available left and right, I’ve always thought that they resembled something I’ve seen before…something I’ve seen way too many times and n…

GWH · 2024-05-23T02:00:20.007Z

I’m not eating bugs y’all.

Safiel · 2024-05-23T03:07:27.271Z

GWH:

I’m not eating bugs y’all.

Which is the beautiful thing about the free market.

I don’t eat bugs.

I don’t eat sea cockroaches (lobster). I don’t eat sea termites (shrimp). I don’t eat sea spiders (crabs).

But I am more than happy to sell these products and make profit off of it from people who DO want to eat these products.

I will happily sell bug derived products and laboratory grown meat to those who wish to consume said products.

I will happily sell traditional beef to those who wish to consume it and I will consume traditional meat myself.

Hell, we even sell vegan products, though I think the vegan lifestyle is wrong headed and counterproductive. But if people wish to pursue it, I am most happy to take their money and provide them vegan products.

I never say no to market revenue.

Toll_Collector · 2024-05-23T04:01:07.925Z

Fast food restaurants should jump on this mandibles first. People have been complaining how expensive fast food has become. They should introduce a much more affordable crawling menu.

McDonald’s can bring out the McBug Burger. Taco Bell could have a soft or hard shelled carapace taco.

KFC might create breaded thorax strips with honey mustard sauce. With cicadas, the options are nearly limitless, since your wallet isn’t.