brood x
This spring, 17-year cicadas will emerge from beneath the Washington, D.C., area and other parts of the eastern United States in "biblical proportions," according to bug experts. This particular consort of periodical cicadas is known as "Brood X," which gives them the swaggering air of genetically engineered minions of evil. The last time Brood X surfaced, their tymbals generated a remarkable collective whir, and my dog gobbled their shed skins as if they were popcorn. UPDATE: Unfortunately, it turns out that the "X" is the Roman numeral, not the letter. Thus the breed is "Brood Ten." Which is not as cool as "Brood X."
Comments
rain of frogs next? locusts? boils?
Posted by: r@d@r | March 15, 2004 1:17 PM
Yuck, I don't want that. Can't we convince them that they came out last year and that they can sleep in for 16 more years.
Posted by: Steve | March 15, 2004 7:13 PM
if they come to me im gonna swat them with a bat 1 by 1 and feedem to my dogs
Posted by: manny | April 22, 2004 9:24 AM
celebrate
http://www.cafeshops.com/cicada2004tour
Posted by: Jim | May 7, 2004 6:17 PM