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May 9, 2005

Princeton 2004 Revisited

Filed under: Magicicada — Dan @ 5:18 pm

NJ 2004.Hopefully a few straggler Magicicadas will show up in Princeton this year.

Here’s a selection of links from last years emergence:

May 8, 2005

The cicadas have gone, but good works remain

Filed under: Magicicada — Dan @ 8:19 pm

The Cincinnati Enquirer has a new article about Gene Kritsky.

The 5 billion periodical cicadas that invaded Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky last summer, cutting into tree branches to lay their eggs, have caused more intensive blooming this summer in parts of Delhi, Green Township, Mount Healthy and other areas hard hit by the red-eyed insects, said Gene Kritsky, a cicada expert and biology professor at the College of Mount St. Joseph.

May 7, 2005

New Message Board Format

Filed under: Cicadas Misc. — Dan @ 12:41 am

We have a new message board format. There are three main boards:

1) Cicada Questions.

2) Magicicada Sightings: perfect for posting straggler sightings.

3) Other Cicada Sightings: for cicadas other than Magicicadas.

Each board has its own RSS feed as well.

May 6, 2005

The Cicadas of Winter

Filed under: Pop Culture — Dan @ 10:17 pm

Here’s a review for a Japanese Anime titled Human Crossing: the Cicadas of Winter. From the review, it doesn’t seem to have much to do with cicadas, but I’m posting the link anyway.

May 5, 2005

Cicada Website Updates

Filed under: Cicadas Misc., Magicicada — Dan @ 5:01 pm

Here’s a list of updates, to other cicada web sites:

The URL of Gene Kritsky’s web site has changed to: http://inside.msj.edu/academics/faculty/kritskg/cicada/.

Looks like the Iowa State Entomology Index is gone, however, Iowa State’s search engine reveals many exceptional cicada sites.

May 4, 2005

When will the cicadas arrive?

Filed under: Magicicada — Dan @ 5:08 pm

Princeton Cicadas. If the straggler Magicicada arrive, it will be anytime between NOW and about a month from now. Keep your eyes and ears peeled.

May 3, 2005

Cicada Eating Contest

Filed under: Eating Cicadas — Dan @ 5:41 pm

Kids having a cicada eating contest. Just look at the joy on their faces.

A Chinese idiom

Filed under: Cicadas Misc. — Dan @ 5:26 pm

From Paul Frank’s Language Jottings:

Chán bù zhī xuě: The cicada knows nothing of snow. Said of someone who’s ignorant or inexperienced. There’s also the word huigu, platypleura kaempferi, a kind of bright-colored cicada, and the saying huigu bu zhi chun qiu, the cicada is ignorant of spring or autumn, i.e., limited in experience or vision.

May 2, 2005

Cicada Soup

Filed under: Eating Cicadas — Dan @ 9:39 pm

Deep End Dining has a post about cicada soup, including a picture of a big steaming bowl of them.

Flickr for Cicada Pictures

Filed under: Cicadas Misc. — Dan @ 9:26 pm

Flickr is a fun site, which lets you post your digital photos on the web. There are currently 220 cicada photos on Flickr and some of them are quite amusing.

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