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Good morning. And so it begins: Cicadas are emerging in South Carolina. In Newberry County, their mating calls have gotten so noisy that residents are calling the sheriff’s office wondering why they’re hearing a roar or sirens.
Remember, cicadas are loud—like, as loud as a jet engine. And this year, the US is getting a double whammy, with Brood XIX and Brood XIII emerging together for the first time since 1803.
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As the weather warms, these insects are going to rise up across the South and the Midwest. That means millions of people are living in areas that experienced the path of totality for the eclipse and will experience the path of totality for the cicadas. You win some, you lose some.
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I think if they showed up here in the summer months, they'd be BBQ Cicadas.
@Madken65
If you do that, take pics. 😉
Aren't there Cicada recipes floating around somewhere?
@Madken65
lol, I think there are. The article I read yesterday had a small mention of people or animals eating them. Mmmm, tasty treats. With their red blazing eyes.
I'm sure I've eaten worse over the course of my Crazy Years...
@Madken65
lol, maybe I have. I'll have to think about it. Mom used to make liver when I was little. That qualifies.
And I ate those god forsaken Lima Beans...that HAS to qualify.
@Madken65 Wait a minute, we got the cicadas a couple years ago here in the Midwest, someone else’s turn!
@Madken65
I checked the map yesterday to see if we would have them here. Apparently it may miss us. I hope so. Double of those creatures is not what I had on my bingo card for the summer.