I predict they will be extremely well documented this time.  Camera phones didn't really exist last time, and a lot of people didn't have digital cameras then either.  Social media will be full of pictures.

 

Re-resurrected

Happy Monkey wrote:

Re-resurrected

Oops.  I search for "cicada" because I thought we had a thread here, but we hadn't spoken their name,  Threads merged now.

I've been looking at netting, and I think that is the route we will go.  When I look at my new trees, they don't seem that small or vulnerable, but they have only been in the ground for a short while and have a miniscule root system.  They were fairly expensive when you count the cost to get them planted. So I would feel like an idiot if they got killed.

And when I think about what I need, I'm picturing in my head getting half a dozen sections (or maybe more) of 1/2 inch PVC pipe that I can use to make big bowed hoop tops, like a conastoga wagon, and pull the netting over that.  The trees are about 10 to 14 feet tall, but very thin and flexible.  I can't picture how to get netting over them unless I build some sort of structure.

I was so proud of myself last week..... I realized my ESL learner might never have heard of Brood X .....and she hadn't.  She hadn't even heard of cicadas.  But this is where I killed it.... I'm notorious for having almost anything anyone asks for -often right to hand (aka hoarder).  I had planned to talk about Brood X, had images ready to screenshare etc... but she couldn't quite grasp how big they were ...then I remembered I had a shell beest, pologirl and I picked up in Missouri during our quick trip to see the total eclipse, right here on my bookshelf.  (I did have to warn her that George's googly eyes were added.....)

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lol thanks.  I am generally not so good at teaching unless people really want to learn....but she does.  I probably should not be teaching her half the things/vocab I do but.... :D  (this is why I went for adult literacy instead of kids).  Turns out .... entre nous.... she also can't swim.  (I swear she had no idea how involved I was with that when she asked.....)  Or ride a bike.  ....but is up for learning. ish......  Mission accepted. (poor lamb)   I'm going for the mini-tri.  (also never heard of triathlon.....)  (((poor, poor lamb)))

I probably definitely should not share my new dictionary from Ebay that arrived toady (Polari/gay slang)

It keeps me off the streets..... kinda

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Articles are starting to appear
 

I was thinking the same thing, but, it didn't say nothing 'bout drinkin', so...

I always forget that there is supposed to be some sort of rivalry between the East and West coast. The first time I heard "West is Best" I was bewildered. I still am.

glatt wrote:

I always forget that there is supposed to be some sort of rivalry between the East and West coast. The first time I heard "West is Best" I was bewildered. I still am.

You're thinking of the Penguins over the Flyers, the Phillies over the Pirates, the Steelers over the Eagles, the Sixers over the Pythons, that sort of thing. ;)

They're starting to peek out, waiting for the right day.

2020 Brood X Cicada Holes

2020 Brood X Cicada Holes

2020 Brood X Cicada Holes

There is so much weird about the cicadas, but this shocked me more than any of the rest of it when I first saw it.

"the hindermost part rots off, and it does not appear to be any pain to them"

Imaging if you rotted from your ribs down.
 

Discarded Shells from Early Risers
These early risers were probably quickly snapped up by early birds.