Those noisy cicadas are here

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 13:53

I heard the first of the noisy little beggars yesterday. Look forward to the end of the summer now when they go away!!.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 13:59

Ohhh No..year after year.!!! ))







Spider,X

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:15

The best bit about them is when they suddenly shut up around dusk - bliss!

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:19

I love the songs they sing

BoTanica


Joined: 22/12/2009
Posts: 714

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:26

me too Simbas - they make you really know when summer is here!

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:28

Who was here first the Cicadas or you???

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:29

I just hope they're not quite so vocal as last year

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:34

I never saw them as a problem, they are simply part of life in many places.

When they do become a problem is when they are behind your cupboards, as we found when moving in!

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:43

Poor little buggers have spent 17 years underground, not surprised they want to make some noise before they cop their clogs...

Linnyloos


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 483

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:56

Surely they're part and parcel of being abroad. It's the sound of summer. Much better than the noisy traffic. I know what I prefer!!

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 15:00

Record their "songs". Play back on any reasonable equipment with a bit of extra treble and obviously sufficient volume to "compete" and you’ll be amazed at what happens next.



Let us know.

Works every time.



Chegs

Snaefell



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 266

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 15:03

I love the sound they make. Rather the sounds of nature than traffic, etc.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 15:19

What is wrong with people?????



They are part of life here. We look forward to their arrival every summer.



No doubt some of you also complained in UK about the rooster crowing early in the morning.



GGGGGGRRRRRRRR

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 15:22

Well said message 13 go back to the uk if you dont like it!!!

Linnyloos


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 483

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 16:37

Exactly what I was saying. Don't know why people who want to complain don't just stay indoors in their rainy, wet, cold home in GB and then there won't be anything to complain about ! Simples

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 18:10

I though I'd heard them the other week by Erol's it was the frogs

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 18:18

I must agree last year was the worst I have ever heard them, they drove me mad

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 18:20

not good when you are on your sunbed trying to sleep ) )

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 18:55

There's some fascinating stuff about 'em on t'internet : -

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

http://www.cicadamania.com/faq.html



- and incidentally, that flipping cockerel just down the road DOES drive me mad!

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 19:38

That was a really good link Keith, i especially enjoyed cicada mania! Fascinating stuff!!



DD

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 21:01

I like the one who sounds like Neil Cicada..................

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 21:11

UK plan on entering them for next years Eurovision Song Contest - can't be worse than this years attempt!!! My chickens love them anyway - another source of free food...........

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 21:15

We had chickens before we moved here,

so no problem with cicadas )))



They're out here in Esentepe, heard them for the 1st time tonight,

not many yet, but they're here now for summer.

Navek

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 22:15

Kevin, cos I am insulting you, that is appaling

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 22:31

i think theyre great , its summer time , enjoy the sounds of nature and stop wishing the summer away.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 22:33

Msg 13

I concur!



Richard

purpleronnie


Joined: 11/01/2010
Posts: 32

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 23:30

do they sound like crickets love that sound on hol

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 23:36

msg27 yeah, but theres a whole bunch of them ?

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 23:40

Better than dogs barking all night, taxi drivers too lazy to get out of their cars to press a door button and sit idly beeping the car horn, Turkish males beating the hell out of their screaming female partners and lastly, the 'Happy Birthday' song blasted out at mega decibels at 8.30 in the morning announcing the start of the school day!



Richard

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 23:51

ah, the joys of north cyprus , luv it ,

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
02/06/2010 08:04

We had the field next to us chopped yesterday and it was great watching the bee eaters swoop on the little critters. Not the fact that they were being eaten but the fact that we got to admire these beautiful birds close up, absolutely stunning!