Free Chameleon food on the East Coast this spring!!!
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shaunaroxanne
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These things are crazy-loud where I live and they are around every summer, but I have been hearing they are supposed to be worse this year. But how do you catch them? I only ever see their shed, or molt, or whatever it's called, it's rare to see one alive.
camimom
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I want to know this as well.
I live in MD and would LOVE to catch a few of these guys to feed to the kids. THey would love them!
I hear them everywhere, but only find husks of them.
shaunaroxanne
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Gram em in the Trees!
I live in MD, and in my experience, these insects hang out in the trees, it's where they eat, and make those annoying loud calls. =P
If you know anyone that is into climbing trees, well... cicadas are about as dumb as they are loud (and large) and in my experience, one can simply grab them with bare hands. The wings flapping is a bit startling, but they have no natural defenses of any sort and can't really hurt you.
Of course it never hurts to have a long-handled butterfly-net as well.
In elementary school I tied a fishing line to the leg of a cicada and pretended it was a pet. It slipped off after a few minutes of buzzing around. Hah.
I live in MD, and in my experience, these insects hang out in the trees, it's where they eat, and make those annoying loud calls. =P
If you know anyone that is into climbing trees, well... cicadas are about as dumb as they are loud (and large) and in my experience, one can simply grab them with bare hands. The wings flapping is a bit startling, but they have no natural defenses of any sort and can't really hurt you.
Of course it never hurts to have a long-handled butterfly-net as well.
In elementary school I tied a fishing line to the leg of a cicada and pretended it was a pet. It slipped off after a few minutes of buzzing around. Hah.
little leaf
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go out at night, look on the trees- they hatch at night, and go up the trees to dry out- you will find them all over - we have locust every yr, and tons of may flies - in June 
lol
lol
javsto
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I was just about to post a similar question about this, if anyone was around 17 years ago who knows whether or not it is safe to feed to a large cham like panthers or vieleds, since they get pretty big and crunchy. Im not sure how to gutload them or just dust them heavily since they are pretty loud when you step on them. But for the most part they are easy to find in trees or branches and dont move if you go up to them and grab them with your hands. since this year its supposed to be an explosive breeding time for them, wear some ear protection.
LovitaVelvet
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I haven't tried feeding them to chams, but I caught a few disparate cicadas last season in my yard and fed them to some of my larger leaf-tail geckos. No ill affects to speak of.
SSimsswiSS
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One might think, catching the females and shipping as a feeder might work. Since it's the males that make the noise.
drcrossfire
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would 17 years in the ground = lots of pesticide build up?
Just a thought
Just a thought
SSimsswiSS
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I think if you built up 17 years of pesticide you might just stay in the ground.
