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Old 12-17-2009, 10:46 PM
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Default "Locusts" in Florida - strange sighting

Here's a strange sighting.... at the intersection of Buena Vista and 466, on the Northeast Corner (i.e. Saddlebrook golf course), the pole that supports the traffic signal.... has a number of "Locust"-like critters clinging to it. I first saw them about 10 days ago. They seem to be clinging and creating some type of white web.

Wonder what they are???

A quick google search implied that Florida doesn't have the 7 year or 17 year locusts/cicadas like we had in the mid-Atlantic.

OK, you Florida natives (or long time Floridians).... are there Locusts or Cicadas in this area???
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