May 23, 2007

Emergence Report for 5/24

Filed under: Brood XIII,Magicicada — by Dan Mozgai @ 10:03 pm

Emergence Locations: Glenview, Flossmoor, Des Plaines, Brookfield, Palos Heights, … (all Illinois)

Photos!

Photos from Julie S. of Hindsdale: an adult emerging from its skin, dozens on a tree, white and black, and a doggie treat?

A funny photo from James P. from Glenview, IL (click the image for a larger version):

From Sue B in Flossmoor, Il, the cicadas and the sea gulls patiently waiting to eat them:

seagulls

magicicada skins

See larger images in our gallery.

Music and Video:

Kirk Moore cooks cicadas and writes songs about them. If you have a weak stomach — don’t watch!

More eating cicadas:

Incredible, edible … cicadas?.

More photos tomorrow… stay tuned!

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Cicada Rapp

Filed under: Magicicada,Pop Culture — by Dan Mozgai @ 4:35 am

Check out the CicadaCicadaCiada rapp by Soul-gers on the Mic (MySpace Music). You’ll notice that they use real cicada sounds in place of instruments in the song — pretty cool!

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May 22, 2007

Brood XIV Stragglers in Ohio, Part 3

Filed under: Brood XIV,Roy Troutman — by Dan Mozgai @ 7:05 pm

Here’s another Brood XIV straggler from Roy Troutman’s yard. It’s hard to believe all that cicada once fit in that tiny skin.

Brood XIV Stragglers in Ohio, Part 3

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Brood XIII Update: 5/22/2007 — locations, photos, video and music

Filed under: Brood XIII — by Dan Mozgai @ 6:39 pm

Location update:

Illinois: Westmont, Elmhurst, East Peoria, Metamora, Clarendon Hills, Western Springs, Villa Park, Hinsdale, Orland Park…

Indiana: Crown Point…

Photos:

“Cicada Love”!

Photos by the Tolman’s in the Chicago area.

Photos by Gregory H in NW Indiana.

Photos by Daniel D in Crown Point, Indiana.

Video:

Video of the emergence (ABC).

Cicada Mania Hits Chicago (NBC 5).

Music:

James Engel of morning show on q101 in Chicago has recorded a song about the emergence called “Hey There Cicada”. Tune into q101 to hear it.

Blog posts:

Today is the day that the cicadas come to play…. Interesting photo at the beginning of the post.

Brood XIII: Billions of Cicadas Party in Midwest. Video too.

News:

Cicadas Expected to Arrive in Time for Dillo Day Weekend Festivities. BTW, there’s an error in the news article. Gene Kritsky doesn’t run cicadamania.com, I do.

‘Couple billion’ cicadas due this month. Includes a photo.

Cicadas’ lives are short, but memories of them last a lifetime. True that!

They’re here: Cicadas resurface after 17-year hibernation. Technically they aren’t hibernating — they’re sucking on a root.

Cicada Eating (which is crazy if you ask me):

Cicadas as Food: Summer’s Low-Fat Snack?.

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Emerging Cicadas in Villa Park

Filed under: Brood XIII — by Dan Mozgai @ 6:13 am

Here’s a cool photo of cicadas entering their adult phase (instar) taken by Paula K in Villa Park, Illinois!

emerging cicadas

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May 20, 2007

Hello Cicada

Filed under: Pop Culture — by Dan Mozgai @ 9:43 am

In Japan cicadas are called Semi, a.k.a. 蝉.

Semi

That’s your cicada fact of the day.

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Imagining Magicicada

Filed under: Brood XIV,Roy Troutman — by Dan Mozgai @ 8:52 am

In the coming days I’ll get a lot of emails from people telling me that they’ve found albino cicadas — well, they aren’t albinos, they just haven’t turned black yet. Once a cicada splits its nymph skin and imagines into the adult form, it takes some time for it to turn the familiar black color. Now, if you find a cicada with blue eyes, that’s different, that’s unusual (about 1 in 1000), so we want to hear about that.

This picture was take by Roy Troutman, last night in Batavia Ohio. It’s important to note that this is a Brood XIV straggler and not a Brood XIII cicada.

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May 19, 2007

Brood XIII News Update, 5/19/2007

Filed under: Brood XIII,Cicadas Misc. — by Dan Mozgai @ 9:16 am

Museum puts cicadas (shudder) in spotlight [NWI Times (North West Indiana)]

Calling all amateur entomologists [Rockford Illinois Star]

BIG BUZZ: Cicadas to Invade After 17 Years [WXYZ]

Bug spray ineffective on cicadas [Beacon News] “Officials: Pesticides won’t do any good in warding off the bugs”. That’s what I’ve been saying all along. I was watching CNN last night and they said that there are so few bees left in North America to pollinate our food plants, that we have to import our food from South America and China (China!?!). No sense killing any more bees in the process of trying to kill a cicada.

[tags]cicada, cicadas, Brood XIII, pesticides, bees[/tags]

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May 18, 2007

5/20 – What’s the Buzz? The 17-year Cicadas!

Filed under: Brood XIII — by Dan Mozgai @ 5:45 am

Here’s a cicada event for you in the Chi-town area:

20 Sunday
What’s the Buzz? The 17-year Cicadas!
Entomologist Fred Miller will enlighten you about these fascinating insects that only emerge every 17 years. Afterwards, accompany Fred to look for periodical cicadas.
Visitor Center Events Room
2 – 3 p.m.

Located 25 miles west of Chicago, The Morton Arboretum is just west of Interstate 355 and north of I-88 on Illinois Route 53.

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May 17, 2007

Cicada Cook Book

Filed under: Cicadas Misc. — by Dan Mozgai @ 10:31 pm

One of the more gruesome aspects of a cicada emergence is the compulsion to eat cicadas. That’s right, a lot of people get the idea to eat cicadas. The idea disgusts me, but for those of you who are more adventurous than I, here’s a PDF Book of Cicada Recipes.

Cicada Cookies! I bet they make a crunchy noise.

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