Brood XIII News Update, 5/14/2007
Emergence:
We haven’t seen an actual adult yet — just lots of nymph photos. The 2004 Brood X emergence kicked off on 5/14 in Illinois in 2004. I’m kind of surprised we haven’t seen at least one adult yet, but it will happen soon enough.
Photos
There are new cicada photos showing up on Flickr every day. Try cicadas and cicada. njicki and UmDaman have posted pictures of nymphs.
News articles:
After 17 years, cicadas are expected to make a noticeable appearance within weeks.
The Field Museum Prepares for the Summer of Cicadas
Bug Spray Won’t Fight Cicadas!!! Don’t spray cicadas, you’ll just end up taking out bees and your pets.
Company can help detect cicada arrival.
Cicadas as a sign of war, and other wild beliefs. Time to drag this old chestnut out… folks say cicada are harbingers of war, or that if you see a W in their wings, it means war. I can’t think of a time when a war isn’t happing somewhere in the world, so this myth is plausible just by virtue of human nature.
Cicadas: Lake County going all out for bugs.
Don’t Spray the Cicadas. This is an MP3 audio file.
Blog Posts
Cicadas ready to invade!!. Nice picture of a white eyed Magicicada. Most have reddish eyes.
A Cicada Invasion is about to Happen. Some pictures of unearthed nymphs.
Maps
This saves me the trouble of doing this myself. The Lake County Forrest Preserves have set up a Google Map. Enter your sightings in their map. And yeah, they call their website Cicada Mania too. What did Picasso say?
