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Cicadas And Old Bay: Marylanders Find Creative Uses For Insects

Another day of the Cicada Invasion has arrived. We're here with Day Five of your Maryland cicada photos.

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It's summertime in Maryland and people are finding creative uses for the cicadas buzzing around outside. Check out day five of the Cicada Invasion.
It's summertime in Maryland and people are finding creative uses for the cicadas buzzing around outside. Check out day five of the Cicada Invasion. (Photo Courtesy of Alyssa Lightner. )

MARYLAND — The cicada buzz isn't going away. So we have day five of the Cicada Invasion here for you. Featured today is a family eating pizza topped with cicadas seasoned with Old Bay, a group that prevented one woman from getting her mail, and a girl who likes collecting shells.

Get caught up on the Cicada Invasion:

Photo Courtesy of Sylvia Lew. This cicada landed on her bedroom window in Silver Spring.
Photo Courtesy of Sabrina Delgado Arias. She found this cicada hanging by its shell in Rockville.
Photo Courtesy of Alyssa Lightner. She and her family found a creative use for cicadas in Edgewood.
Photo Courtesy of Alyssa Lightner. It wouldn't be a Maryland dinner without Old Bay and a cicada in Edgewood!
Photo Courtesy of Rafael Estevez in Curtis Bay.
Photo Courtesy of Donna Denney. Denney observed this cicada coming out of its exoskeleton in Bowie on May 11.
Photo Courtesy of Eli Spilman in Silver Spring.
Photo Courtesy of Larry Bowers. His granddaughter loves to collect the shells in Hanover.

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Photo Courtesy of Larry Bowers in Hanover.
Photo Courtesy of Lisa Parker. This is what she found in her pool skimmer basket in Davidsonville.

Photo Courtesy of Julia EI-M. She hadn't gone to get her mail in three days in because of the cicadas on her Sykesville mailbox.
Photo Courtesy of William Moore in Wheaton.
Photo Courtesy of Richard Infantino in Crofton.
Photo Courtesy of Tom Lindsey in Hanover.
Photo Courtesy of Shannon McFerren in Gunpowder Falls State Park.
Photo Courtesy of Spencer Mack in Takoma Park.
Photo Courtesy of Kia Kelly in Germantown.
Photo Courtesy of Tom Lorsung in Columbia.
Photo Courtesy of Ruth Lopez in Generals Highway Corridor Park in Crownsville.

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Photo Courtesy of Sherrie Payne. She got this up-close photo in Bowie.

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