Cicada Mania

In a few weeks you might see some Magicicada stragglers in areas that saw the Brood X emergence back in 2004. If you see any, let us know.

Update: some exciting news in the comments (before I accidentally deleted the original article):

Our 2006 straggler hunt has been very successful– much more successful than our 2005 Brood XI hunt.

Our group found M. septendecim (XIII), M. tredecassini (XIX), M. tredecim, M. neotredecim, M. tredecassini, and M. tredecula (XXIII), and unidentified nymphal skins, as well as a possible M. cassini (X) straggler– all on a 3-day Midwestern trip. Although most sightings consisted of isolated or small numbers of individuals, two emergences– one at Moody Cemetary in Greene-Sullivan State Forest, Indiana (mostly M. neotredecim), and one at the Vectren Energy plant entrance, near Yankeetown (east of Evansville) IN (mostly M. tredecassini) were substantial enough that there were periods of continuous calling. Not bad for an “off” year!

Complete records will be incorporated into the Magicicada database on Cicada Central as soon as some server issues are solved. If you have records that you’d like to put in the database, send the details (species present, approximate numbers of individuals), the complete locality info (including lat. and lon. if you have it), the date, and your complete name to me at the University of Connecticut (email is just firstname.lastname@uconn.edu).

John Cooley

Cicada Central.

I’m going away on business for a while. When I come back, I’m hoping to install a new message board (a real one, like you see on other sites) and I have a video to post as well.

In the mean time, enjoy the 45 or so new photos I’ve posted over the past week or so.

Can you ID this cicada from Bangkok, Thailand? Santisuk Vibul (the photographer) and I would be greatly pleased it your could.

Update: Here’s the ventral view, David:

Update: More Photos! NEW! Santisuk Vibul’ s Cicada Photos from Bangkok, Thailand.

Some more info:

• Cicada in Bangkok, Thailand.
• An annual adult male cicada of unspecified genus and species.
• Photo taken: April 15, 2006 by Santisuk Vibul, Bangkok, Thailand. (While it was alive)
• Characteristics: The cicada is brown in color with red eyes and brown wing veins. The total body length is 5 cm including wings. The body only is 3.5 cm and the body width is 1.5 cm.
• Please notice about a white band on the tail part of the body, it appears in both males and females.
• The calling songs of the cicada more or less resemble that of T. auletes.

Update: the database has been updated on June 1st, 2006.

I created a web interface to Timothy McNary’s Cicadidae Bibliography. You can search author, article or journal, or browse all the records.

This photo was taken on May 28th, in Carlsbad, CA by Rebecca. Thanks Rebecca!