Well, you gotta give 'em this much. These cicadas are old enough to not listen to Panic! At The Disco.

I can't wait... I'm starving.

DrAwkward wrote:

Freelance writer David Hammond runs the LTHForum, a Chicago-based Internet site devoted to culinary matters, and his “foodie” friends want to see what the cicadas taste like.

The insects are eaten in other parts of the world, with descriptions of the taste ranging from shrimp to canned asparagus to not much at all.

No recipe has been decided upon yet, but Hammond assumes they will be fried and perhaps accompanied by a dip or salsa.

Fuuuuuuck that.

I would go see Tempura Cicada, but I would not eat them.

Actually, not only would I see Tempura Cicada, I will found them. Nobody take the name!

Not Crap

It's my guess that Chemlawn and new housing developments won't affect their migration at all, right?

Cicadas a tasty treat for zoo animals

I HAS A SICADA

They have now emerged in my section of Park Ridge. Hundreds, if not thousands, on the two trees in my front yard.

My 1 year old beagle, Murphy, is now in a food coma from eating so many bugs. HE thinks the're tasty.

lemur68 wrote:Cicadas a tasty treat for zoo animals

Tim Sullivan, the zoo's behavioral husbandry manager wrote:"Getting eaten by exotic animals is a better way to go than being eaten by a squirrel or a crow"

Not crap.

The critters are starting to emerge in NW Indiana now too. My buddy lives about 5 miles from me. He has very heavy, clay soil. So many bugs and carci on the big oaks in his front yard. I live about a mile from the lake shore with extremely sandy soil. Nothing really at my house yet. I didn't own this place in 1990, so I don't know what to expect. I see a few exoskeletons every year so I know the sandy soil doesn't prevent the cicada, but I'm starting to wonder if the sharp drainage has some kinda negative impact on the underground survival rate....

Tim Sullivan, the zoo's behavioral husbandry manager wrote:"Getting eaten by exotic animals is a better way to go than being eaten by a squirrel or a crow"

That's a pretty awesome song lyric. I call dibs.