Now the fun part about circadas are the skins which they leave. The kid in
me still has a tendency to collect them. Looks like a smaller version of the
circada, brown in color, attached to a tree or the side of your house, with
a slit down the back where the adult came out.

You can also catch an adult and they will make the sound while you are
holding it! Once again, they were always fun while growing up in Texas!


"Lynda LeCompte" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:00:19 -0500, Robbin wrote:


Getting rid of them is very easy -- move back to England!

No thank you - 'fraid Texas is stuck with me ;-)

Yes, they are here every year and you might as well just get used to
them
because you are not getting rid of them. They are a part of the Texas
summer!

http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/sto...O/Apr2704a.htm

Thank you - that was an interesting article that verified exactly what my
husband said - that it *is* an annual thing for Texas. They're a
fascinating species really - just so dang loud!