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Also, they are completely harmless.
Unless you catch one on the forehead at 70 MPH on a motorcycle!... |
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08-15-2005, 09:43 PM
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Unless you catch one on the forehead at 70 MPH on a motorcycle! 
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Originally Posted by topacelot
and never heard this one make a sound other than the thump when it hit the window...
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Yeah, the one you saw is a female. The longer, pointier abdomen is characteristic of that. Plus they don't make any noise  Males have sound-making organs under their abdomens, and females don't. Unlike crickets and grasshoppers, they don't use their wings or legs to make noise.
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08-15-2005, 10:02 PM
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lol...quit being a know it all!
no...really...interesting info...wish she'd hung around longer...she was cool
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they are neat looking and even though they're harmless I still wouldn't want one climbing on me. ick. the only insect creatures that I ever let crawl on me were caterpillars and mantids. 
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Don't people eat those?
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The Australian aborigines eat cicadas, but not this exact species. Like most insects, they're a good source of protein  However, people also eat grasshoppers, crickets, termites, and beetle larvae. Well, those are the most common. People also eat scorpions, tarantulas, and all sorts of bugs. Personally, I think zophobus are tastier than crickets. The crix just tickle too much going down
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Don't people eat those?
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Ummmm Steph are you looking for cicada recipes?
I think I will stick to beef!
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Ummmm Steph are you looking for cicada recipes?
I think I will stick to beef!
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Blach! NO WAY!!! But I thought I remembered that a year or so ago a bunch of people in the midwest or perhaps the east coast somewhere where eating them.
OH, Matt... my dad says that chocolate covered crix taste exactly like Twix candy bars... I've never eaten a Twix since!! (where's the "puke" emoticon???) 
Crix... Twix... what's the difference?? (family joke)
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But I thought I remembered that a year or so ago a bunch of people in the midwest or perhaps the east coast somewhere where eating them.
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I beleive you're right. I think it was up in the Northeast. Around Jay and Dom's stomping grounds.
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I beleive you're right. I think it was up in the Northeast. Around Jay and Dom's stomping grounds.
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Figures! 
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