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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2004All You Can Eat Cicadas
I just read an article http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_re_us/cicadas_pets_1 that suggests keeping pets indoors for a while because of the 'once-every-17-years mating dance' of the Cicadas. It says that pets can get ill (vomiting and constipation) from eating the shells of these insects. Does anyone know anything about this? I live in the woods and our trees get so full of them and they make so much noise it's deafening. But what exactly is so different about this year from the previous years? The article makes it sound like there will be a ton of them laying all over the yard or something. Do I really need to worry about my outside cats eating these things this year? I know they've eaten cicadas before but I wouldn't know if they've gotten sick or not. >From: littleboyblu87@yahoo.com (Mike) >I just read an article > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >years? The article makes it sound like there will be a ton of them >laying all over the yard or something. I heard about it on the news. I guess they only come out in droves every 17 years and this is one of those years. Probably sounds like a good idea to not let the pets eat them. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm > I heard about it on the news. I guess they only come out in droves every 17 > years and this is one of those years. Probably sounds like a good idea to not > let the pets eat them. > > Lauren What I heard is that any given colony of cicadas only comes out like this every 17 years, but there are different colonies on different 17-year cycles. Sandy >>From: littleboyblu87@yahoo.com (Mike) > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >years and this is one of those years. Probably sounds like a good idea to not >let the pets eat them. Piggybacking because I didn't get the original. Most cicadas are not like the Brood X cicadas we see here on the East Coast of the United States(Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, New Jersey, Missouri, Georgia, Long Island, Pennsylvania, and the Baltimore-D.C., metro area). This group is unique to the region, and they're an enormous pain in the butt. Every 17 years they crawl up from the ground in the trillions. And no, I'm not exaggerating about the trillions part -- there will be trillions in one state alone. It can get so loud that it's difficult to sleep at night. The cicadas are extremely slow and don't bother to watch where they are flying. They fly into people, trees, houses, and predators. They get caught in your hair, which is horrible. I have seen birds so stuffed with cicadas that they can't fly (granted, I was 10 at the time, but these things stick with you). They're the ideal insect for dogs and cats to catch and eat because they take so damn little effort. Some good links: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28974-2004Mar27_3.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040330085104.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0329_040329_cicadas.html#main http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/01/12in/met-front-cicada0112-4463.html Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid >From: Orchid neko@ascendancy.net > Most cicadas are not like the Brood X cicadas we see here on >the East Coast of the United States(Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >dogs and cats to catch and eat because they take so damn little >effort. I live in one of the states that has these. But I don't remember them from 17 years ago. They sound pretty yucky for sure! Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm circa Sat, 01 May 2004 20:30:06 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Orchid (neko@ascendancy.net) said, > Most cicadas are not like the Brood X cicadas we see here on > the East Coast of the United States(Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > trillions in one state alone. It can get so loud that it's difficult > to sleep at night. Are you saying that the states listed *don't* have the cicadas in question, or that they *do*? I'm confused. :-) Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Sat, 01 May 2004 20:30:06 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Orchid (neko@ascendancy.net) said, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Are you saying that the states listed *don't* have the cicadas in > question, or that they *do*? I'm confused. :-) They do. Check out the map at http://www.msj.edu/cicada/ Priscilla circa Sun, 02 May 2004 20:21:26 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Priscilla Ballou (vze23t8n@verizon.net) said, > They do. Check out the map at http://www.msj.edu/cicada/ <shudder> car wax, car wax.... SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >circa Sat, 01 May 2004 20:30:06 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >Orchid (neko@ascendancy.net) said, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Are you saying that the states listed *don't* have the cicadas in >question, or that they *do*? I'm confused. :-) The listed states are the home of the Brood X cicadas. Sorry for the confusion. :) Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid circa Sat, 01 May 2004 20:30:06 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Orchid (neko@ascendancy.net) said, > Most cicadas are not like the Brood X cicadas we see here on > the East Coast of the United States(Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > trillions in one state alone. It can get so loud that it's difficult > to sleep at night. Ope, NM, I think I get it now. :-) Regardless, cicadas are gross. I say, make car wax out of all of 'em! Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > I just read an article > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_re_us/cicada [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > this year? I know they've eaten cicadas before but I wouldn't know if > they've gotten sick or not. Depends on where you live. This species is mainly an east coast version. I'm in the DC area and we're gearing up for the ugliness of it all. But yes, and the HS issued a warning because while the bug itself is full of protein, the exoskeleton is chiten and undigestable. A few won't hurt, but because of the sheer number of these things during their mating dance, it's easy for animals to try to eat too many. SignatureCheryl Cats love eating cicadas. Cicadas are high in protein and are very clean (disease free). Some people eat them as well. There are more than a few cicada cookbooks with recipes for cooking cicadas. (Personally, I think eating them is disgusting.) Concern with allowing cats to buffet on cicadas is because of their hard shells. Eating too many can result in constipation. Eating a few shouldn't hurt though. >Cats love eating cicadas. Cicadas are high in protein and are very clean >(disease free). Some people eat them as well. There are more than a few >cicada cookbooks with recipes for cooking cicadas. (Personally, I think >eating them is disgusting.) First I thought this was a joke. But then I recall a Scoutmaster when my son was little, who was an old Air Force guy with extensive survival training. He taught those kids which bugs they could eat, and eat bugs they did. I don't even like the cats eating bugs, much less my kids. I'll ask my son if cicadas were on the list. I bet he remembers. Sherry >First I thought this was a joke. But then I recall a Scoutmaster when my son >was little, who was an old Air Force guy with extensive survival training. He >taught those kids which bugs they could eat, and eat bugs they did. I don't >even like the cats eating bugs, much less my kids. I'll ask my son if cicadas >were on the list. I bet he remembers. Cicadas are absolutely on the list, as are many many many insects. Humans have been eating insects in most cultures for milennia -- honey ants, termites, grasshoppers, various grubs, worms, and the list goes on and on. I've had cicadas before -- they don't have much flavour to them alone, but they pick up other flavours beautifully. Best in a sauce of some sort, especially one that points up the nutty taste they have naturally. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid Orchid <neko@ascendancy.net> quoth: >>First I thought this was a joke. But then I recall a Scoutmaster when my son >>was little, who was an old Air Force guy with extensive survival training. He >>taught those kids which bugs they could eat, and eat bugs they did. I don't >>even like the cats eating bugs, much less my kids. I'll ask my son if cicadas >>were on the list. I bet he remembers. > Cicadas are absolutely on the list, as are many many many >insects. Humans have been eating insects in most cultures for >milennia -- honey ants, termites, grasshoppers, various grubs, worms, >and the list goes on and on. My father grew up in China in the first part of the 20th century, and he ate locusts there. If you think about it, how different is a lobster from a cricket? Priscilla >Orchid <neko@ascendancy.net> quoth: >>>First I thought this was a joke. But then I recall a Scoutmaster when my son [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >ate locusts there. If you think about it, how different is a lobster from >a cricket? Not. :) Lobsters (and crabs and shrimp) are members of the phylum Arthropoda along with insects. So in essence, lobsters and other yummy seafood we love are really just great big underwater bugs. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid Orchid <neko@ascendancy.net> quoth: >>My father grew up in China in the first part of the 20th century, and he >>ate locusts there. If you think about it, how different is a lobster from >>a cricket? > Not. :) Lobsters (and crabs and shrimp) are members of the >phylum Arthropoda along with insects. So in essence, lobsters and >other yummy seafood we love are really just great big underwater bugs. Yes, that was what I thought, but I didn't want to get too specific because I wasn't *sure*. Something like 30 years ago I went out with a fellow who was studying marine biology, and he always referred to lobsters as "red crickets." Priscilla circa Tue, 4 May 2004 17:44:42 +0000 (UTC), in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Priscilla H Ballou (phb@shell01.TheWorld.com) said, > My father grew up in China in the first part of the 20th century, and he > ate locusts there. If you think about it, how different is a lobster from > a cricket? Well, for starters, the thought of eating a lobster doesn't make me retch and gag. ;-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > Cicadas are absolutely on the list, as are many many many > insects. Humans have been eating insects in most cultures for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sauce of some sort, especially one that points up the nutty taste they > have naturally. This has been getting a lot of news in the area lately: University of Maryland cicada recipes. There are even deserts. Ah yummy. lol http://www.urhome.umd.edu/newsdesk/pdf/cicada%20recipes.PDF SignatureCheryl |
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