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Insectageddon!

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I haven't been in Illinois for a hatching since I was a kid.

I remember it being deafeningly loud, damn bugs everywhere with them flying around while mating and a general pain in thecass.

Cicadapocalypse 2024: What to expect when you’re expecting billions of bugs


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GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:44 pm
I haven't been in Illinois for a hatching since I was a kid.

I remember it being deafeningly loud, damn bugs everywhere with them flying around while mating and a general pain in thecass.

Cicadapocalypse 2024: What to expect when you’re expecting billions of bugs

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/ste ... ill/f_webp
I read elsewhere that it might be a trillion bugs total :shock:

Whack9 will be able to make some fine looking entrees.
https://www.blueridgedebate.com/viewtop ... 77#p194977
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Vrede too wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:53 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:44 pm
I haven't been in Illinois for a hatching since I was a kid.

I remember it being deafeningly loud, damn bugs everywhere with them flying around while mating and a general pain in thecass.

Cicadapocalypse 2024: What to expect when you’re expecting billions of bugs

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/ste ... ill/f_webp
I read elsewhere that it might be a trillion bugs total :shock:

Whack9 will be able to make some fine looking entrees.
https://www.blueridgedebate.com/viewtop ... 77#p194977
LOL

They're supposed to be tasty.🤢
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:52 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:53 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:44 pm
I haven't been in Illinois for a hatching since I was a kid.

I remember it being deafeningly loud, damn bugs everywhere with them flying around while mating and a general pain in thecass.

Cicadapocalypse 2024: What to expect when you’re expecting billions of bugs

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/ste ... ill/f_webp
I read elsewhere that it might be a trillion bugs total :shock:

Whack9 will be able to make some fine looking entrees.
https://www.blueridgedebate.com/viewtop ... 77#p194977
LOL

They're supposed to be tasty.🤢
I’ve never eaten one, but will try if they come this far south.

I know it was nothing like this year is supposed to be, but I remember the noise in Tennessee being deafening

Some of the recipes look good

https://grilling24x7.com/tempura-cicada ... cha-aioli/
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I paid my fees to hip-hop college, sucka!

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Whack9 wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:02 pm
You can even use them to brew beer

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ ... h-cicadas/
Lemme know if you want me to send you some.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:16 pm
Whack9 wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:02 pm
You can even use them to brew beer

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ ... h-cicadas/
Lemme know if you want me to send you some.
Our hatch comes first. I'm a lazy drunk. You both can send me some Cicada Beer. Thanks! I'll let you know whose is better.
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