Attack of the Brood II

[joatmon]

They refer to the different cycles of periodic cicadas as "broods" and lately I've been hearing on the news that this year the mid-Atlantic region will get Brood II, which is supposed to be one of the larger broods for the mid atlantic region. We were last affected here by Brood X in 2004.

Harmless, but creepy looking buggers

[Chiadog]

MMMmmm, bet they taste like chicken!

[Rayven01]

We had those in the midwest last year, the first time since I moved here (didn't have them up in Maine). Kinda freaky at first since there's so damn many of them, but they're mainly just a nuisance. Loud and annoying since they will fly into just about anything. And once they all die cleaning up the carcasses is not fun.

[ColonelPanic]

Enjoy that. Noisy little suckers.

And look how tasty...
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[Chiadog]

And look how tasty...
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O.M.G! If that's two stages, I know what my stage 3 would be!

[Caretaker]

yup, that's why I always carry my tennis racket around with me wherever I go. I've had one of these fly straight into my eye. As punishment, I grilled him for lunch.