I keep reading articles about the 17 year cicada invasion, but haven't heard or seen any in this area of Gwinnett County. How are they in your neck of the woods?

We heard them while setting up The Lacy Snipe Hunt.

I haven't seen a whole lot of them this year, considering it IS their cycle this year.
BTW, they make GREAT bass fishing bait with a fly rod...

When I lived in the Chicago 'burbs around 15 years ago, there was supposed to have been another cicada cycle. From what I remember they were supposed to have covered the ground up to your ankles and the papers and TV were full of stories of novel uses for them, including eating them! Full of protien! Any of you carboholics out there game for a little snack?

The article Dining: Cicada fanciers ready for rare treat tells how to fix them.

However if you have shellfish allergies be careful.

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Turpin said while eating insects, such as cicadas, is safe for the majority of consumers, those who have a shellfish allergy may want to steer clear of such snacking.

An incident did occur in Bloomington last week, when a man with a history of asthma and shellfish allergies suffered an allergic reaction to eating nearly 30 cicadas.

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I was doing a cache on the Benton-McKay trail a few weeks ago, and all I could hear was their droning buzz. There must have been millions in the woods, but I saw only one.

So who's the entomologist in our midst that can explain why they're in the north mountainous areas but not in the Piedmont? I ain't heard nary a one round these parts.