Hey!
I was interviewed by the Newark Star Ledger for their Jersey Blogs section.
August 14, 2007
August 12, 2007
Let’s start the week with more videos from Phoebe
Other calling cicada from Cali:
Not Phoebe’s video, but a Magicicada documentary:
Not Phoebe’s video, The Cicada Chorus is a song that is composed of cicada sounds. Most of the video in the video is actually Roy Troutman’s video footage. Watch the video below, and then find the original video here.
Uninvited House Guest
Tom Lehmkuhl send us this photo of an uninvited house guest (Tibicen linnae):
Last night at about 9:30 PM I opened our back door to let our dog out and
thought I felt something brush against my leg while the door was open. Next
think I know my wife is screaming in the living room as a cicada is bombing
around the room like a drunk pilot! It’s amazing how big a cicada looks
when it is flying indoors, bouncing off of your walls, wings buzzing…After several passes within a few inches of my wife’s head, he (she?) came
to rest on our kitchen floor. Carefully using a small glass and a post card
I was able to capture the cicada and set it free. The next morning he was
right where I left him the night before, sitting on our porch, so it seemed
like a good opportunity to snap a photo. See attached…
More cicadas from Spain
Iván Jesus Torresano García sent us another 44 photos of Tibicen plebejus, and several YouTube videos.
Photos: Iván Jesus Torresano García’s Second Tibicen Gallery
Some YouTube videos:
Momento en el que finaliza de emerger Cicada 27/June/2007.
Tibicen plebejus recién cogida del parque Forestal Entrevías:
Tibicen plebejus recogida del parque.Emergiendo.27/June/2007
Lyristes plebejus or Tibicen plebejus?Emerging 27/June/2007.
Here’s a cicada news cast from Spain:
Tibicen from Davenport, Iowa
Ben sent us these photos of a Tibicen taken in Davenport Iowa. Anyone want to venture a guess at the exact species?
August 10, 2007
Cicada from Kyrenia, Cyprus
Wendy submitted this photo of a cicada taken this July in Kyrenia, Cyprus (yes, the island nation in the Mediterranean sea). I’m excited any time I can expand the international diversity of cicada photos on this website.
August 9, 2007
Minuscule’s Cicada do Brazil
Minuscule’s Cicada do Brazil is a cute CG cartoon starring cicadas. Cicada experts will note that the life cycle of cicadas is in no way accurately depicted, but is it "just a cartoon". Thanks to Phoebe for bringing the video to our attention.
[The video was taken down by YouTube.]
More Minuscule TV.