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toddt82
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 Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:17 am Post subject: What's the name of those bugs? |
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Hey everyone.
Does anyone know the name of those bugs in the trees these days that give off that electric-sounding noise? I presume it's a mating call, but it's so noticeable that I'm interested to know what they are.
Just a name would be great. I'll research from there. Thanks! |
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furtakk
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toddt82
Joined: 28 May 2009
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
The korean name for them [매미, maemi] is a nifty onomatopoeia for their sound: mem-mem-mem-i-i-i-i-i. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| toddt82 wrote: |
| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
The korean name for them [매미, maemi] is a nifty onomatopoeia for their sound: mem-mem-mem-i-i-i-i-i. |
And here for the past 12 years I thought they were Magic Invisible Korean Tree Chickens, and only I could hear them.  |
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rchristo10
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Odd....we have the same things in Michigan. Google actually called them Korean cicadas?
Looked and sounded the same as the homeland to me. Maybe they're speaking some Korean I have yet to learn.  |
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toddt82
Joined: 28 May 2009
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| no no, I just searched "Korean cicada" and a YouTube video popped up in the results. I clicked that and voila, my question was answered. I'm not sure what the actual species is called that exists here. |
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nukeday
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| toddt82 wrote: |
| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
The korean name for them [매미, maemi] is a nifty onomatopoeia for their sound: mem-mem-mem-i-i-i-i-i. |
tsuku tsuku boshi |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
| toddt82 wrote: |
| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
The korean name for them [매미, maemi] is a nifty onomatopoeia for their sound: mem-mem-mem-i-i-i-i-i. |
And here for the past 12 years I thought they were Magic Invisible Korean Tree Chickens, and only I could hear them. |
I bet they really are "Magic Invisible Korean Tree Chickens" and they USED TO BE [매미, maemi] until Schwa gave them some of his magic potion. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
| toddt82 wrote: |
| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
The korean name for them [매미, maemi] is a nifty onomatopoeia for their sound: mem-mem-mem-i-i-i-i-i. |
And here for the past 12 years I thought they were Magic Invisible Korean Tree Chickens, and only I could hear them. |
I bet they really are "Magic Invisible Korean Tree Chickens" and they USED TO BE [매미, maemi] until Schwa gave them some of his magic potion. |
Sometimes I am 100% sure that I am Marge Simpson. Then I
think about Homer and that I have 0 physical attraction to him.
That is how I can tell that I am not really Marge Simpson. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
| toddt82 wrote: |
| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
The korean name for them [매미, maemi] is a nifty onomatopoeia for their sound: mem-mem-mem-i-i-i-i-i. |
And here for the past 12 years I thought they were Magic Invisible Korean Tree Chickens, and only I could hear them. |
POST OF THE YEAR |
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brier
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
| toddt82 wrote: |
| Yep I agree. Google searching for "Korean cicada" after reading the article brought up a video and it showed exactly what I'm seeing and hearing in the trees these days. Thanks! |
The korean name for them [매미, maemi] is a nifty onomatopoeia for their sound: mem-mem-mem-i-i-i-i-i. |
And here for the past 12 years I thought they were Magic Invisible Korean Tree Chickens, and only I could hear them. |
MIKTC. Nice one. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| ALL of us who taught English in South Korea in September 2003 should know very well that they are cicadas! |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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cicadas
C razy
I nsect
C hickens
A lways
D ance
A nd
S ing |
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