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Mating cicadas:
A female cicada getting ready to lay some eggs:
June 19, 2007
June 17, 2007
Cicada on my leg…
Sorry I haven’t posted lately — I moved into a new place and I don’t get interweb service until 6/23. :(
Recommended by Roy: 17 Years Later, the Insect Hoard Returns.
Did I post this yet?
June 15, 2007
Exuvia mania
Joe Balynas sent us this picture of a mass of cicada exuvia (aka shells, skins, crisps). Make sure you click the image for the awesome larger version.
June 14, 2007
Clever Cicada Photo Art
Composite photo by Joyce Dinello, La Grange Park, IL. Contact Joyce at joycedinello@sbcglobal.net.
Cicada on my Finger
It’s amazing how these mellow creatures will hang out on your finger or hand for so long before flying away.
June 13, 2007
Emergence Update for June 13th
Locations:
- Still strong in Lombard and Hinsdale
- Valparaiso Indiana
- Like a horror movie on La Grange road
- All over the downtown of Elmhurst
- Des Plaines River Forest Preserves on Lake Ave., just east of River Road
- Brookfield is infested
- Marseilles is full of them!
- The forest preserve just south of the tollway and the Cumberland exit
- Tons of cicadas near the Purdue-North Central campus in Westville
- North Ave in Elmhurst between York Rd & Rt 83, also southside of I290 on the way to Oak Park & on Irving Park Rd in the Forest Preserves in Schiller Park
Video:
True cicada maniacs will want to view this news story featuring John Cooley and Gerry Bunker.
Bonus: some shaky-cam cicada video from me:
Photos:
Some great photos on flickr by Catt: Cicada on a Pine Cone, Cicada on a Pine Cone, Cicada on a Shell!
Cicada Video: a collage of clips from Ohio and Illinois
Cicada Video: a collage of clips from Ohio and Illinois, by Roy Troutman.