off topic with bugs..RE: Vegan...more than just a d

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geez isn't everything in thailand extravagant looking?? geeez jerks... lol

 

casey

 

 

> " jojo " <tofujojo

>

>

>Re: off topic with bugs..RE: Re: Re: Re: Vegan...more

>than just a diet

>Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:00:06 -0700

>

>Ack -- you beat me to it: I was just about to post this when I got your

>post -- you just *had* to out-do me, didn't ya?!

>

>Fraggle -- I got curious about the cicadas on the east coast vs. cicadas on

>the west coast and here is what I found:

>

> >>There are about 180 species in North America; adults of these species

>range from approximately 1 to 2 in. (2.5-5 cm) in length. The periodical

>cicadas (Megacicadaspecies), found in the eastern half of the continent,

>have the longest known life cycles of any insect. Because of their periodic

>appearance they are often called locusts, although they are not related to

>true locusts. Their life cycle takes 17 years in northern species (the

>so-called 17-year locusts) and 13 years in southern species; the two types

>overlap in parts of the United States.<<

>

>This is from http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c/cicada.asp

>

> >>Other North American cicadas (Tibicenspecies and others) are known as

>dog-day cicadas, or harvest flies, because the adults appear in late

>summer. <<

>

>These must be the big-uns'. The name Megacicada is a mistake apparently.

>It's supposed to be Magicicada. And I can't find a site that says that

>they are in California. It says that Magicicada (the pretty little ones)

>are East Coast dwellers. So maybe you do get different ones out that

>way...? Here is a pic of a Magicicada. I saw them in MD a couple of years

>ago:

>

>

>

>And check out this one from Thailand:

>

> And I thought ours were gorgeous! I am *so* jealous now....

>

>So I *still* don't know what kind of cicadas you get in California

>

>-- jojo

 

 

 

 

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