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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Cicadas with blood-red eyes emerge in DC |
| 2021-05-18 |
Oh, noze! Not cicadas with blood red eyes! Oh, hold me, Ethel! I'm so very frightened! [FOXNEWS] D.C. is among the Eastern Seaboard regions considered to be ground zero for this year’s crop of trillions of emerging cicadas. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 #2 - and so do you. Well done |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-05-18 15:22 |
| #4 Why have they emerged after 17 years? Because that's their lifecycle. They spend 17 years as a grub gnawing on tree roots, then climb up the tree, shed their skin, take flight, mate, and die. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-05-18 14:48 |
| #3 I find the intersection of apocalyptic emergences and the locale....unsettling....if not unexpected. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-05-18 08:20 |
| #2 An insect that looks like a prominent Chicago mayor. Proving once again, Gawd has a sense of humor. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-05-18 00:39 |
| #1 A favorite food for copperheads. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-05-18 00:36 |