Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-10

circulars. The information gained
may, however, be "a, to good use here
after.
We are advised that there are
twenty two known broods Of them,
which turn up in different years In
various sections Of the country, Tut
their respective territories overlap to
some extent. Each brood, however,
comes out Of the ground only once In
seventeen years. The intervals are
absolutely regular. One brood has
been under observation since 1915, and
II IL possible to make with absolute
certainty such n prediction "a that the
"locusts" will appear at given place
in 1898 A. ID.
The creatures are pronounced 70 bo
not "locusis" at all, but cioaias. They
are good to eat, according to the testi.
mony Of the division Of entomology at
Washington. Experts attached to that
bureau experimental with them some
year, ago. They tried them In plain
stew, In thick milk etew and broilcd.
The Insects were collected from trees
MS they emerged from he chfysalls
After soaking In cold water over night
they were cooked for breakfast. IL was
found that they impaired a distinct
and agreeable favor TO the stow, but
were not palatable themselves. They
were best fried IN batter, when they
suggested shrimps. They are not
likely TO become popular rs c5mes-
tible In Utah, whatever di,tlnc.
ton they may attain to elsewhere; In
fact, II would be hard to designate a
place here where they would be wei.
coined unles. there were brisk IRE
prevailing there Mt tho time.
II IL said that during the frst few
years Of It's all.too-long life the cicada
does not as n general thing burrow
deeper In the ground than two feet;
later on II becomes more energetic ana
venturesoms aud has been found As
low down ~ twenty feet. When its
alternating period is drawing 10 a
close II starts upward quite slo WHY, and
when the time comes for II 20 appear
II Ia discovered qui to close to the sur.
face, under logs and stones, seemingly
awaiting the oppertune moment.
When that moment comes the crca.
lures swarm out In vast numbers and
scramble over the ground to the near
est trees. II there Is an Isolated tres
n strange phenomenon Ia exhibited.
All Of the insects In Its neighborhooi,
led by a remarkable instinct, make 30
many bee-liues toward Il. Converg.
Ing to this central point they Chamber
up the trunk In u steady stream, d.
vergiug again along tho branches.
The sight is pronounced ono not
easily forgotten.
lie cliidns begin to come out at
suns I and ~ontiuue until midnight.
Whom u ilsec has attached itself
comforllbl. Atvg or leaf its skin
begins to split down the middle. II
takes from twenty minutes TO an hour
for the animal to extricate itSelf from
its discarded shell. Tho transiotma.
ton completed II appears Ms beautiful
creature with gauEy wings. At times
they will swarm on tree Ia such vast
numbers ~ 10 break down the branches
so 1t Is said; We never saw II done.
The people OF Utah, or those who
were here In the earlier days, know q
good deal Of the cricket, grasshopper,
locust and cicada by reason Of bitter
and trying experience. 1t Ia undoubt.
odly the case that the destToyers belong
to the same family and seem to have a
common obIeot-to harass the huma n
family. They have not been 10 bad
here Of late, but have done consider
able damage, especially To luoern, this
year; and, withou, any disposition to
create alarm, We may state that they
are at present 80 plentiful In some OF
the higher valleys aud on the benches
as TO cause among residents OF those
localities genuine fear that next year
they promise 10 be out In full force,