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2. My wife went absolutely berserk during an earlier swarm

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2013, 08:10 AM

May 2013

We had just built a house on the edge of the woods, so the surrounding soil was cleared of all ground cover. When the cicadas started emerging, it gave the appearance of a baby Swiss cheese - thousands of perfectly round holes about 1/2" in diameter. Later, the air was abuzz with cicadas frantically looking for mates, and the occasional bug would collide with anyone standing outside. She would emit the most blood-curdling scream imaginable whenever one made contact with her.

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Bug-phobic dread the looming swarm of Brood II cicadas [View all] xchrom May 2013 OP

Lots worse things to dread marions ghost May 2013 #1

My wife went absolutely berserk during an earlier swarm Cirque du So-What May 2013 #2