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They are cicadas. From gardenersnet.com: "They are sometimes called "17 Year Locust." Although, they are not related to locusts."<br><br>Locusts are grasshoppers. So calling a cicada a "locust" is false. But I guess it's sometimes used colloquially. Like when we were kids andcalled horned lizards "horny toads." When in fact they're not frogs or toads at all. And we knew it, too. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif" alt="image"><br><br>
Thank you "Poindexter"...... DOH!!!! Sorry, that's Octane's moniker!!!
<blockquote> I had joked with my daughter, look an alien spacecraft! <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/alien.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif" alt="image"><br> All I know is, I've never seen one before, and it was weird looking!</blockquote><br><br>Even though you might never have seen them before, I guarantee you've heard them before. You know those <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBQVG1EX9v0" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBQVG1EX9v0">alien sounds</a> we get here in New England towards the end ofSummer around Dusk. Your little new found friend is the source.<br><br>I've been fascinated by them ever since I was a kid.<br><br>~Joe<br><br>
I literally laughed out loud when I envisioned one of our RLOL copyrighted fights breaking out over this.
You're welcome, Dave.<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif" alt="image"><br><br>I figure you can use all the help you can get.<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/tongue.gif" alt="image">
You know, there is a significant resemblance between<br>the stereotypical little green alien face and the Preying Mantis...<br><img height="778" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~99octane/01/Alien-Mantis.jpg" width="1332" alt="image"><p><br></p>
Dayum Greg.......talk about VERY weird timing. I was watching an old X-Files episode tonight and Mulder was talking about how he hated bugs because he had afreaky encounter with a praying mantis when he was a kid. He then mentioned the bug/alien face resemblance..............queue X-Files theme music now.