Roy Troutman took some excellent Tibicen superbus (formerly T. superba) photos while visiting Texas.
Here’s a preview:
June 20, 2009
June 7, 2009
New Cicada Photo Flickr Group
I started a group on Flickr for Cicada Photos. Each week I’ll troll Flickr for the best and invite them to the group, but any one is welcome to submit their photos!
Huechys sanguinea
An amazing red-orange cicada. Most of the body and wings turn black when it’s done drying out, but it is just as amazing.
June 1, 2009
13 Years of Cicada Mania
Cicada Mania is 13 years old.
In 1996, I started the site to document some Brood II Magicicada photos I took in my back yard and at a friend’s wedding, and the site took off from there.
The site has had 7 different URLs over the years.
In 2004, during the Brood X emergence, the site received 50,000 visitors in a single day and I was interviewed on CNN (horrible, horrible Ted Nugent haircut in a ponytail):
2007 and 2008 were great as well. In 2007 I got to meet fellow cicada enthusiasts Roy Troutman, Gene Kritsky, Gerry Bunker and Joe Green, and I was interviewed for a Japanese TV show:
And in 2008 I drove out to Ohio and stayed with Roy Troutman, met Gene Kritsky again, and met John Cooley for the first time.
Here’s the original logo:
It’s been a fun 13 years.