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["Dr.O'Barr" <Topgun@Otelco.net>]

The pecan twigs that had damage in LA were unsightly even if no measurable 
damage was done to the mature trees. The damaged twigs had a feel of a saw 
blade when you run your finger up and down the twig where the eggs were 
laid.

Topgun
Zone 7 where I have just harvested enough Mayhaws to make 5 quarts of juice 
with my steamer juicer!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Periodical Cicadas


> According to wikipedia, the annual cicadas deposit
> their eggs in dead
> branches, whereas the periodic cicadas deposit their
> eggs in live branches.
> That might be the difference.
>
> It's a HUGE difference.
> Bob may see 'tons' of annual cicadas over there in AR
> - and we have them here, too - but they're an
> insignificant drop in the ocean compared to the
> bazillions that will be active during these
> emergences of major broods of periodic cicadas.  You
> folks who are making light of the damage they can do
> haven't seen what I've experienced.
>
> When we had the last major brood emergence, it was
> really eerie to step outside and hear the singing of
> billions of these things - sounded like something
> right out of a 1950s science fiction movie about
> spaceships from Mars.
> I had a little single-string Echo grass trimmer whose
> whirling twine emitted a sound which must have been
> identical to that of the female cicadas, 'cause any
> time I cranked it up, I was immediately swarmed by
> amorous males.   YIKES!!
>
>
>
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