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#2405350 - 05/30/11 08:31 AM Cicada Man!
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Apparently, my weed-eater's engine produces the exact same sound frequency as the cicada's mating call. Every time I fire up the weed-eater, I'm swarmed by them.

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#2405353 - 05/30/11 08:38 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: BSK]
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That's a pretty good excuse not to use the weedeater for a while!

I'm not sure I would have recognized you without the "hair".

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#2405354 - 05/30/11 08:39 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: scn]
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Ha that is funny. I have the same weedeater but have not been swarmed...yet.
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#2405356 - 05/30/11 08:39 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: BSK]
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that weedeater would be shut off till all them ugly bugs were gone
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#2405357 - 05/30/11 08:45 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: BamaProud]
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 Originally Posted By: BamaProud
Ha that is funny. I have the same weedeater but have not been swarmed...yet.


Strangely, this behavior in the cicadas just started. Although my neighborhood has been thick with them for weeks, yesterday was the first time the cicadas responded to the weedeater. I do remember 13 years ago they did the very same thing.
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#2405358 - 05/30/11 08:46 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: mike243]
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 Originally Posted By: mike243
that weedeater would be shut off till all them ugly bugs were gone


The worst was when they landed on my mouth and crawled into my ears.
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#2405360 - 05/30/11 08:48 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: scn]
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 Originally Posted By: scn

I'm not sure I would have recognized you without the "hair".

I didn't recognize myself for the first months after I started cutting my hair short. I would scare myself every time I looked in a mirror (more than usual that is).
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#2405371 - 05/30/11 09:24 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: BSK]
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\:D
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#2405374 - 05/30/11 09:33 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: strutandrut]
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\:D \:D That's funny.

Sounds like a hailstorm when they bounce off my windshield.


Edited by preds1 (05/30/11 09:33 AM)

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#2405379 - 05/30/11 09:54 AM Re: Cicada Man! [Re: BSK]
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 Originally Posted By: BSK
 Originally Posted By: scn

I'm not sure I would have recognized you without the "hair".

I didn't recognize myself for the first months after I started cutting my hair short. I would scare myself every time I looked in a mirror (more than usual that is).


Lol. You do look different than the pics I've been used to seeing on here. While you've got the weedeater out, give that ear hair a good trim!
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