Minchie on cicada patrol, just in case. Thankfully they never come inside!
Yesterday we talked about the noisy locusts. Well, they really are cicadas, not locusts. (We need to send our secretary back to school!) For those of you who do not have them in your areas or countries, here's a video of what they sound like. Sometimes they are so loud we can't hear our tv!
We have them here too, some in our tree behind our fence. Yep, they're LOUD. We learned last summer, from a news report on tv, that they hibernate for around 7 years and then come out to mate and procreate. Guess if you're only conscious once in every handful or so years, you have to "shout" about it. LOL.
ReplyDeleteWe have them too. Sometimes they die and land on our driveway. They are quite amazing looking creatures.
ReplyDeleteYou know, when they aren't too too loud, mom said she doesn't mind hearing them. Winter will come soon enough she said..
ReplyDeleteAt least on the computer we can turn the sound down...hope their season doesn't last too long.
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ReplyDeleteWe don't live too far but thankfully we don't have them (at least not yet).
Purrs, Kiddy
Ooooh, I wonder what it would be like to catch one :)xx
ReplyDeleteDOOD !!!!! THEY BEE CRAZED LOUD HEER TWO N YA CAN BE YELLIN AT DA TOP OH YUR LUNGS FOR EM TA
ReplyDeleteSHUT UP...
hay...
they act shoe allee did !!!
Yep, we got loads of 'em. Mommy thinks it is a wonderful, relaxing sound. (it makes her think of her childhood -about 100 yrs ago!)
ReplyDeleteThe Woman says the Chinese use cicada skin (the shed part) in formulas for laryngitis and colds. Um... they make sure to hide them in the formulas for bulk herbs so people are not totally weirded out.
ReplyDeleteHi there! I'm Sherlock and my pals Ash&Traveler. We wnjoy you're blog very much :)
ReplyDeleteWe have a LOT of them and they are very very noisy, but recently we've found that they are fun to bat around but the buzzing noise scares us kitties!
purrs,
Sherlock, Traveler, and Ash
=)
ReplyDeleteahhh, we have those here too! Are they Tasty, we wonder.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've heard those things on TV shows lots of times. I think it would drive me crazy -- I can't stand high-pitched sounds.
ReplyDeleteAnd Minchie, you are such a brave mancat to stand guard against these infidels!
Yep, they can be noisy little buggers!
ReplyDeleteWe had some of those a year or so ago. They are really noisy and a pain. It drove our Mom nuts. Minchie, that is a good place to be, way up there. Take care.
ReplyDeleteWe have never seen them, but our mum said when she went to Spain, they used to go in the trees by the bedroom window and the noise used to drive her nuts.
ReplyDeleteOur late family cat, Bits, used to show my Mum how much she loved her by dismembering ciacadas between the sheets on Mum's bed!
ReplyDeleteOur mom heard a lot of loud noises yesterday when she was swimming and wondered if they were cicadas! They were pretty loud.
ReplyDeleteWe have them here and they are loud!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, mum went south over the weekend. She said it was so noisy at times.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that cicadas are tasty, and that some humans even eat them! My human found recipes on the internet. No, she has never tried them... but she should have at least tried them and given us kitties the result!
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