Kentucky Christmas trees?

[wombat2u2004]

Wow, cool bananas.
I've never seen them....only something similar that live in caves I used to see on my spelunking trips.
I suppose they are not the same tho.....a bit the same.

[RICHARD]

Wow, cool bananas.
I've never seen them....only something similar that live in caves I used to see on my spelunking trips.
I suppose they are not the same tho.....a bit the same.

The absolute best part?

To be able to stand amongst them while the rise up from the ground.

I have mowed the back lawn a few times and now I can navigate the area w/o tripping on the tufts of grass in the dark.

I have found myself looking for excuses to go outdoors, after dark, to stand out there for a few minutes.

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The first time I did that was a little unreal.

As you try and focus on them rising up from the grass, you lose your sense of balance! I guess it's a spatial thing that got thrown off inside my head-but that - along with the idea that I was seeing something that I had only heard about in books and in movies was quite a rush.

Yes, you do want to run about and catch one- just to see what they look like up close...I guess that will have to wait until I get over the rush of seeing something I really wasn't prepared for.

(My next science project is to find out what are those freaking noisy insects in the trees!)

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I'm seeing less and less of them every year for some reason, but I had one on my window just the other night. I read somewhere that toads love them and will eat them until their tummies glow.

[happylabs]

I'm seeing less and less of them every year for some reason, but I had one on my window just the other night. I read somewhere that toads love them and will eat them until their tummies glow.

That is funny about the frogs! I was thinking the fireflies were most likely bitter tasting but maybe frogs like that.

We have lots of lightning bugs out my way. Would you like me to send you some?

[wombat2u2004]

We have lots of lightning bugs out my way. Would you like me to send you some?

Maybe we could do a trade. I have some mosquitoes I can swap for a few of those bugs of yours.

[happylabs]

Maybe we could do a trade. I have some mosquitoes I can swap for a few of those bugs of yours.

No, we have our own mosquitoes. I was going to give a two for one and send them along with the lightning bugs.

[RICHARD]

I was talking to a guy yesterday and asked him - He is a guy that lives in the area - what was in the trees making a HUGE racket.

"Cicadas", he told me!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada

These things are the noisiest things on the planet.

They stick up in the trees and make the loudest sound. It's starts off low and builds up for about 15-20 seconds then stops.

I laughed because I saw a news blurb about a man who was arrested for calling the police because the insects were making way too much noise near his home!