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By: KelLovesOBX 4/7/2021	Posted By: KelLovesOBX - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/23/2018 Location: Central Virginia Total Posts: 208 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 1:08 PM
The 17 yr noise makers will be out in a few weeks. Is OBX due to have an invasion this summer?

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By: jameswestfal 4/7/2021	Posted By: jameswestfal - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/18/2011 Location: PA Total Posts: 323 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 1:33 PM
I don't think OBX gets them, not sure if it's heat related, sand, or soil related

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By: KelLovesOBX 4/7/2021	Posted By: KelLovesOBX - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/23/2018 Location: Central Virginia Total Posts: 208 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 1:35 PM
To our surprise when we were there in August 2019 they were in the trees in Kitty Hawk, so yep they do. Did some digging and it seems they'll emerge mostly in western NC. Their beady red eyes are creepy and having one land on your head in the pool is not fun!

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By: jameswestfal 4/7/2021	Posted By: jameswestfal - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/18/2011 Location: PA Total Posts: 323 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 1:42 PM
Learn something new every day. I wonder what classifies as a "brood" then. May there are some in the OBX, but not enough to classify.

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By: HopSkipandJump 4/7/2021	Posted By: HopSkipandJump - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/23/2015 Location: Kitty Hawk Total Posts: 309 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 1:46 PM
It seemed like there were a lot in OBX last year. My dog thinks they are a gourmet treat. He will be thrilled if there is a big wave of them soon.

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By: Dhart 4/7/2021	Posted By: Dhart - (Send PM) Member Since: 1/29/2014 Location: SE Ohio (on the Ohio River) Total Posts: 1390 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 2:17 PM
It seemed like there were a lot in OBX last year. My dog thinks they are a gourmet treat. He will be thrilled if there is a big wave of them soon. HopSkipandJump He's not the only one.

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By: OBXRUS 4/7/2021	Posted By: OBXRUS - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/21/2008 Location: Chicago 'burbs Total Posts: 526 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 3:24 PM
Learn something new every day. I wonder what classifies as a "brood" then. May there are some in the OBX, but not enough to classify. jameswestfal There are broods (13 and 17 year cyclical cicadas) and then there are the every year cicadas. They are all slight different, but still in the family of cicadas. Check our www.cicadamania.com for all you care to know about cicadas.

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By: J4yDubs 4/7/2021	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Jamison, PA - Carolina in my mind Total Posts: 3633 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 3:25 PM
Learn something new every day. I wonder what classifies as a "brood" then. May there are some in the OBX, but not enough to classify. jameswestfal I didn't know this until recently (there was another thread on here about Brood X this year) when I looked it up. You hear them every summer in Fayetteville and Fort Bragg, so I thought it was strange that people were saying they were on a 13 or 17 year lifecycle. Looking it up, there are 2 different types of species. Periodical cicada and Annual cicada. Periodical cicada are what everyone is talking about now with the 17 year cycle. Annual cicada appear in a much shorter cycle. Wiki pages: Click to follow link... Click to follow link...

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By: obx bingy 4/7/2021	Posted By: obx bingy - (Send PM) Member Since: 5/21/2020 Location: Total Posts: 692 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 4:57 PM
As too eating them they are actually high in proteins and really not that bad if battered in a light coating and deep fried. Be careful of the wings as they can get stuck in your throat and need copious amounts of beer to wash down. BEER,BUGS and the OBX now that would make a nice t shirt.

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By: J4yDubs 4/7/2021	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Jamison, PA - Carolina in my mind Total Posts: 3633 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 6:57 PM
As too eating them they are actually high in proteins and really not that bad if battered in a light coating and deep fried. Be careful of the wings as they can get stuck in your throat and need copious amounts of beer to wash down. BEER,BUGS and the OBX now that would make a nice t shirt. obx bingy Question. Are they better right after they molt and are still soft? Like a soft shell crab? We used to collect the "shells" from after they molted. We of course didn't use them in any mean ways...

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By: obx bingy 4/7/2021	Posted By: obx bingy - (Send PM) Member Since: 5/21/2020 Location: Total Posts: 692 Experience: Date Posted: 4/7/2021 7:45 PM
It all comes down to ones taste buds.

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By: Tim-OBX 4/8/2021	Posted By: Tim-OBX - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/2/2004 Location: Kitty Hawk Total Posts: 22792 Experience: Date Posted: 4/8/2021 8:39 AM
It seemed like there were a lot in OBX last year. My dog thinks they are a gourmet treat. He will be thrilled if there is a big wave of them soon. HopSkipandJump We get them here but nothing like we saw when we lived in Virginia. I recall hearing them last summer to a small extent. I had a dog in Virginia that would eat dozens, I could tell later they still had the shells.

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