Cicadas don’t come around too often. But when they do they’re loud and swarmy and really mess things up. Artist Carrianne Bullard went and showed those annoying bugs who’s boss — creating a tea cup set using a few spare cicada body parts. We suggest steeping a bit longer than usual to cover up the taste of wing.

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Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream in Columbia, Missouri recently silenced a few cicadas by including them in a new ice cream flavor. The loud, swarming little buggers that show up every 13 years to annoy everyone, were gathered by store employees to be included in the limited edition Cicada Ice Cream.

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