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# it's a cicada
they feed off tree sap
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 16 Sep 2009, 2:26, archived)
# yeah, they're supposed to come out of the ground every 17 years,
but I think their body clocks are off as I have been seeing them every year for about the past 6
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Wed 16 Sep 2009, 2:27, archived)
# Overlapping broods.
Also some will skip a year or pop out a year early.
I think the ground temperatures give them a clue
as to if there will be enough time before frost.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Wed 16 Sep 2009, 2:31, archived)
#
I remember, when I was young, filling a candy box with abandoned shells, and giving them to a neighbor girl who thought they were chocolates, until she opened the box ^~~^
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Wed 16 Sep 2009, 2:36, archived)
# also you can wear their skins like a brooch
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 16 Sep 2009, 3:53, archived)
# They come out every year over here
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 16 Sep 2009, 2:53, archived)