CosmicNeurotica
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Just heard the first locust of the year. Summer is officially here 
Need to get to a pool somewhere
Need to get to a pool somewhere
Post your random thoughts/feelings etc
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Deus_Ex_Lemur
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Okay, almost at 1000 posts. My 1000th needs to be special. Think Lemur, think!
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decided it was tmi
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Mickery
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You should use it to tell 1000 stories to an Arabian king.
Deus_Ex_Lemur
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I don't even have 10 stories. lol.
Just heard the first locust of the year. Summer is officially here
Need to get to a pool somewhere
Here where I live its Cicadas,it really sucks,they are at full power in august,heard one last month,but now its a bit cold again so it looks like it isnt starting yet.
Section_31
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I dont like food anymore!!!
coyote
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in parts of the US, cicadas are called "locusts"
that's what we called 'em where I grew up
Oh really,I thought a locust was a grasshopper.
CosmicNeurotica
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Talking about these guys.
The ones that are loud and leave empty shells of themselves all over the place
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coyote
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Talking about these guys.
The ones that are loud and leave empty shells of themselves all over the place
yep, they are the same thing
cicada = "locust" in some parts of the US
although, you are right Olhos Abertos - a true locust is really a kind of grasshopper
the English language is a wonderful thing, eh?
what do people in other English speaking countries call these critters?
hoddesdon
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I burnt myself in the sun today. :
I thought the sunlight in Britain was not strong enough to burn anyone
coyote
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apparently there are 23 species in the state of Kansas, where i grew up:
Beameria venosa
Diceroprocta eugraphica
Diceroprocta vitripennis
Magicicada cassini
Magicicada septendecim
Magicicada septendecula
Melampsalta calliope
Neocicada hieroglyphica
Okanagana bella
Okanagana synodica
Tibicen auletes
Tibicen canicularis
Tibicen chloromera
Tibicen bifida
Tibicen dorsata
Tibicen linnei
Tibicen lyricen
Tibicen marginalis
Tibicen pruinosa
Tibicen resh
Tibicen resonans
Tibicen superbus
Tibicinoides hesperia
My dog tore up the air conditioner today. He has torn up internet and power cables, door frames, and hoses.
I have to take him to the pound tomorrow.
He's pretty much my only friend
I have to take him to the pound tomorrow.
He's pretty much my only friend
I've always called them locusts, too. But many people correct me and say they are cicadas. Whatevs. I just remember finding their "shells" all over the place.
Tiercel
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The same thing happened to me a month or so ago. There was barely any light left outside and I saw a dark shape hover at the window briefly. My first thought was that that was one BIG wood bee.
Several seconds later I realized that insects don't move quite the same as hummingbirds. Then I figured I needed to stick my nose in a field guide again.
