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With all that snow and below-freezing temperatures it helps sometimes to recall memories from the past summer. During a hot august day I managed to capture a dog-day cicada in my back yard. The critter was about 2 inches long and it was a female. Males of the species produce a chirp that can be heard about half a mile away. Here I am, holding my trophy. After the photo session the cicada was released.
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A Linux Longhair
WOW, that cicada reminds me of when I worked in a small "health food" restaurant in downtown San Francisco back in '79. A huge roach crawled up the inside of a decorative glass barrier, visible to the horrified customers as well as those of us that worked there. It was so big that I could see its neck turn... I'll say no more!
By the way, nice pic of you, Mr. Linux!!
- Ken in San Francisco
Many years ago I was working in a datacenter in Bucharest which was overrun by cockroaches. The computers I was working on had some tape drives, as big as a refrigerator, which used 1/2" tape spools. The tapes were packaged in round plexyglass cases. We used to catch two or three roaches, mark them with drops of paint of different colors and put them in an empty tape case. They couldn't climb on the slippery walls of the case, so that they were running in circles along the edge, while we placed bets on them... That was roach racing at its finest :-)
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A Linux Longhair
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After this last cold spell, with snow included, I would welcome summer back bugs and all!LOL.Hmmm even before this latest storm I was ready for the warmer weather.Seems so far away at the moment.Cool pic btw.Cheers
Mark
After the photo session the cicada was released.
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Very cool Linux, I'm glad you didn't harm the innocent bug. :)
I must admit, when I first saw your post's title, that I thought you had come up with a way to crash Linux. The actual topic is much more delightful!
When I was a kid in the Illinois Ozarks, back before we had air conditioning, one of the great memories of summer was hearing large june bugs bouncing off the screen door in the evening. And wow, the lightning bugs all over the back yard, too! We don't have either of those here in California.
Bill
On a balmy Texas summer night when dozing off to bed, I like to watch the bugs and critters that are drawn to the light by my bedroom window.
A cicada (bottom right), a gecko and a june beetle together.
The cicadas are quite noisy from late summer to fall.
- Oren
Hey Linux, great pic with the cicada...I recall when I lived in a town called Fanwood in NJ in 1979 and the 17 year cicadas came out in the millions upon millions...they could be heard as a constant hum from sun-up to sun-down...was amazing...they lasted for about a month. Also, they were very docile...you could pick them up easily off the trees and shrubs. Somewhere in my archives I have a pic with a cicada on every finger on one of my hands.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Max