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Post by onesweetla83 on Nov 23, 2010 15:50:50 GMT -5
Still don't like.
I remember mowing the lawn when I was younger during one of these summers and they swarmed so bad I hopped in the truck and made my dad finish for me. I remember them being mostly around trees tho.
All joking aside - how bad were they, really, on the farm in 2004? I know how bad they can get in general, and around Coffee County (which looks ripe for a cicada invasion this year according to the maps) but wondered how bad they actually are in an open field with thousands of people everywhere.
Also, I know they swarm to sounds like lawnmowers, but do they really swarm to loud music? Was anyone there last time, during Cicadaroo? Did the festival organizers try anything to make the situation better (or is there anything they can do?)
I'm with some of you girls - this is really kind of freaking me. At this point, I'm torn between hating cicadas and loving Bonnaroo. I mean, if the invasion will likely be near its end and most of these buggers are going to be dead and crunchy on the ground, that's one thing. If they're going to be flying around and hitting me in the face while I'm trying to have a good time, I may hold off on purchasing pre-sale tickets.
Post by billypilgrim on Nov 23, 2010 19:06:02 GMT -5
I was there in 2004 and it was a nightmare. It wasn't that there were so many of them. But they were huge (more the size of birds than bugs). And if you tried to shoo them away, they got mad and ganged up on you. I saw 8-10 people carried off screaming by swarms of cicadas. Most of us who survived did so by roping ourselves to equipment or carrying around large rocks. It's still painful to talk about.
I was there in 2004 and it was a nightmare. It wasn't that there were so many of them. But they were huge (more the size of birds than bugs). And if you tried to shoo them away, they got mad and ganged up on you. I saw 8-10 people carried off screaming by swarms of cicadas. Most of us who survived did so by roping ourselves to equipment or carrying around large rocks. It's still painful to talk about.
I remember mowing the lawn when I was younger during one of these summers and they swarmed so bad I hopped in the truck and made my dad finish for me. I remember them being mostly around trees tho.
All joking aside - how bad were they, really, on the farm in 2004? I know how bad they can get in general, and around Coffee County (which looks ripe for a cicada invasion this year according to the maps) but wondered how bad they actually are in an open field with thousands of people everywhere.
Also, I know they swarm to sounds like lawnmowers, but do they really swarm to loud music? Was anyone there last time, during Cicadaroo? Did the festival organizers try anything to make the situation better (or is there anything they can do?)
I'm with some of you girls - this is really kind of freaking me. At this point, I'm torn between hating cicadas and loving Bonnaroo. I mean, if the invasion will likely be near its end and most of these buggers are going to be dead and crunchy on the ground, that's one thing. If they're going to be flying around and hitting me in the face while I'm trying to have a good time, I may hold off on purchasing pre-sale tickets.
Just sayin.'
They are on a 13 year cycle I know what it was like in Nashville, but as far as I know nobody really lived in the area of the farm then. teine lived there early but it was still after that.
ha. Anyone think they will make an attempt to do something about this? I guess theres not really much they can do...
I am still a little unsure with the timing on all this. If they have died off by Bonnaroo I expect they will be able to take care of the corpses. If it is still going on things will be pretty wild based on 13 years ago.
BBQ Cicadas 1 for 3 two for five at the brunch. Not to mention cicadtinis, and cicadaritas.
I'm assuming the mountains of pesticide that get dumped onto the farm before bonnaroo will have no effect?
They do not eat anything, they make noise, have sex, lay eggs, and then die. It is pretty hard to kill them with pesticides. Literally last time driving was like driving in a rain/hail storm most of the time in Nashville.
They usually come out in late may so the timing will be close. they are not harmful but if you make the right type of sound they can swarm you.. My old tractor would be covered with them when I mowed in '98.
It would be kind of cool if they swarmed some bands PA system during a show. Kind of a cicada mosh pit.
Post by christisonfield on Feb 21, 2011 13:03:55 GMT -5
... I don't think I could go to Bonnaroo if this was really going to happen. I would be absolutely miserable the entire time. I'm terrified of those things.
... I don't think I could go to Bonnaroo if this was really going to happen. I would be absolutely miserable the entire time. I'm terrified of those things.
Post by xjenNjuicex on Feb 21, 2011 13:53:49 GMT -5
Can't find the tshirt pics from 04. Cicadas freak me out. Not looking forward to them making an appearance this year. Hopefully they'll all be dead by June.
Post by kirbyiskyaan on Feb 21, 2011 14:47:47 GMT -5
Well, this is quite the thread. XD
At the risk of going slightly off-topic, what's the situation as far as other insects on the farm? Seeing as the key word here is "farm", I'd assume there'd be a decent amount of non-cicada bugs. (I apologize in advance if this topic's been covered elsewhere on the forum)
Yeah there's some bugs. Mostly in the campgrounds. Grasshoppers, spiders, flies. Thankfully no mosquitos or gnats that I have ever encountered. The spiders can get large enough to make me uncomfortable (though not hard to do), and the flies can just get annoyin' as shit. But a cicada apocalypse? Gross.
I've been a lurker here for about 5 years, went VIP 07, 09 and am going again 11. This sounds awful. We get cicadas up here (Delaware) every 13 or so years too, but the timing on this could be pretty awful for the average camper. Oh well, off to buy hats with mosquito netting and a golf club for cicada chipping contests.