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westxc
03-26-2007, 01:22 AM
"The northern Illinois brood, which will emerge in late May 2007, has a reputation for the largest emergence of cicadas known anywhere. This is due to the size of the emergence and the research and subsequent reporting over the years by entomologists Monte Lloyd and Henry Dybas at the Field Museum in Chicago. During the 1956 emergence, they counted an average of 311 nymphal emergence holes per square yard of ground in a forested floodplain near Chicago. This translates to 1½ million cicadas per acre. In upland sites, they recorded 27 emergence holes per square yard, translating to about 133,000 per acre. This number is more typical of emergence numbers but is still a tremendous number of insects. For comparison, a city block contains about 3½ acres. When the cicadas start dying and dropping from the trees later in the spring, there are large numbers on the ground, and the odor from their rotting bodies is noticeable. In 1990, there were reports from people in Chicago having to use snow shovels to clear their sidewalks of the dead cicadas."

This is going to suck. Does anyone who was around last time remember how it affected running? I'm guessing the forest preserves won't be too fun to run in...
ROCK
03-26-2007, 08:09 AM
"

This is going to suck. Does anyone who was around last time remember how it affected running? I'm guessing the forest preserves won't be too fun to run in...


I don't remember it being too bad. I ran over 1000 miles that summer. I just remember the noise being annoying and having to use an ice scraper to get the bug carcas off my windshield. I drove to Kentucky one weekend and kept having to pull over too buy more windshield wiper fluid to clean them off my car. But it really didn't affect my running.

Anything else you need to know from the old days?
Fast4
03-26-2007, 12:40 PM
I was a cicada for Halloween that year....Black sweatsuit.....orange goggles.....the works
jenuine13
03-26-2007, 03:40 PM
ewwwwwwwwww....I don't like bugs :(
IAmSpartacus
03-26-2007, 06:04 PM
my parents said that in the western suburbs there were days where you couldnt walk w/o steping on a cicada. I caddy in the summer, this should be interesting. not to mention training for a marathon.
idontgetit14
03-26-2007, 08:05 PM
For my 8th grade trip in 2004, the cicada's were out in full bloom in the Washington D.C. area. Mostly they were noisy as all hell, but in some locations, they were just everywhere on the ground. I'm just going to assume however that they'll be worse here?
EternalFreshman
03-26-2007, 08:10 PM
ahh....run for your lives...:rolleyes:
WOOLYRUNS
03-26-2007, 08:17 PM
Cicadas look pretty badass.'

http://www.carolinanature.com/pix/cicada5090.jpg
IAmSpartacus
03-26-2007, 09:45 PM
For my 8th grade trip in 2004, the cicada's were out in full bloom in the Washington D.C. area. Mostly they were noisy as all hell, but in some locations, they were just everywhere on the ground. I'm just going to assume however that they'll be worse here?

my parents told me that they were all over the ground, and everywhere you stepped you most likely would step on one. they are also a lot bigger than the cicadas that come up every year. got huge red eyes too.

Cicadas look pretty badass.'

http://www.carolinanature.com/pix/cicada5090.jpg

crunch... crunch... crunch... thats all you are gonna hear this summer.
ehof
03-26-2007, 11:50 PM
Anything else you need to know from the old days?
Since you ask, how about some stories about the Graymoor run?
Tall-n-Thin
03-27-2007, 12:19 AM
http://goldray.com/images/cicada-battle.jpg

Oh no we're going to be attack like that man! But have no fear just carry around a bunch of knives and a few forks and you shall survive. RUN for your life!!!
Jack McPhereson
03-27-2007, 12:30 AM
Since you ask, how about some stories about the Graymoor run?

i feel like ehof is a cicada. Annoying, bug eyed, comes around when not wanted, sheds his skin etc..
ROCK
03-27-2007, 03:19 AM
Since you ask, how about some stories about the Graymoor run?

I never set off that Doctors house alarm. That was other people.
WOOLYRUNS
03-27-2007, 09:05 PM
I never set off that Doctors house alarm. That was other people.


Storytime!!
Jack McPhereson
03-27-2007, 09:16 PM
I never set off that Doctors house alarm. That was other people.
sounds like someone had a bad prostate exam
ehof
03-27-2007, 11:55 PM
I never set off that Doctors house alarm. That was other people.Oh come on; you can't leave us with just that!
ROCK
03-28-2007, 12:28 AM
Oh come on; you can't leave us with just that!

Sorry, I've been a tad bit busy with this little meet I run. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's in Bloomington. All the best runners are coming. You should come too.

Next year- Dyestat people only hospitality room???
Blanco Nino
03-28-2007, 12:37 AM
Cicadas taste good. Excellent source of protein.


http://www.cirrusimage.com/homoptera/cicada_Tibicen_chloromera_1.jpg
jenuine13
03-28-2007, 12:55 PM
Sorry, I've been a tad bit busy with this little meet I run. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's in Bloomington. All the best runners are coming. You should come too.

Next year- Dyestat people only hospitality room???

Or this year??? ;)