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Cicada video to inspire you

Dan — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:58:49 +0000

So far I’ve only found one 17 year cicada video on YouTube, so I want to inspire everyone to video your cicadas and post them on Youtube or Revver or wherever. There’s even more videos on this page. Roy’s videos a professional quality, so make sure you watch those.

Brood X in Princeton NJ. This video is particularly cool because you can hear the cicada song loud and clear.

A rare white eyed 17 year cicada:

Here’s my best of 2007: video 1, video 2, video 3.

Brood XIII wrap up: three final videos

Dan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:46:38 +0000

I uploaded 3 final Brood XIII videos. Enjoy:

Cicada with a fungus infection (looks like it’s disguised as a Cicada Killer Wasp, LOL):

3 Cicadas on a branch:

A Solitary Cicada on a branch:

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A cautionary tale: Champ the dog

Dan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:41:24 +0000

This story has been all over the news, so I’m posting it. Champ the drug sniffing dog nearly chokes to death on 4 cicadas (video report). Don’t let your pets gorge themselves on cicadas. Like anything that’s an inch and a half long or longer, cicadas can become lodged in your pet’s throat, so keep a mindful eye on their insect dining habits.

Brood XIII wrap up: a new gallery of photos

Dan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:24:58 +0000

It’s rare for me to set up a new gallery — I’m either very lazy or too busy…

Here’s our one any only 2007 Brood XIII gallery: Jan & Roger’s Brood XIII Magicicada Gallery.

Brood XIII wrap up: a few more photos from Joe Balynas

Dan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:18:22 +0000

View all of Joe Balynas’ Magicicada photos.

Brood XIII wrap up: some more video

Dan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:19:42 +0000

Here’s one last video for you. A bunch of cicadas hanging off a thistle plant. Nothing too exciting…

Brood XIII, rotten but not forgotten

Dan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:07:30 +0000

Brood XIII is all but gone in and few select areas (like Westmont IL for instance). Will you miss them? You might find a couple stragglers next year, but you’re going to have to wait until 2024 for the next Brood XIII emergence.

At this point you should start to see flagging from the Brood XIII cicadas: brown, dead leaves where the cicadas laid their eggs. This blog has a good picture of flagging. Don’t worry: the cicadas have helped out the tree by pruning the weak leaves and branches.

There is good news: the Tibicen cicadas are beginning to emerge. Tibicens emerge every year in small numbers — if you’re patient, should be able to find one of these shy cicadas in your yard or local park.

If you’ve willing to travel, you can see and hear the Brood XIV next year too.

Deanna’s cicada photos on Flickr are a nice representation of the Brood XIII emergence. Check them out whenever you want to reminisce.

More Brood XIII photos to come, and lots of other cicada fun is coming up, so stay tuned!

Update: make sure you check out all the cool images people added to Comments section of the CicadaMania MySpace page.

Cicadas (and me) on Fuji Network News

Dan — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:32:09 +0000

A few of you might have noticed the film crew following me around the Cicada Mania festival. They filmed me at the festival, as well as back in Jersey — a once in a life time (or maybe once in 17 years) experience. The news cast aired yesterday in Japan, but you might be able to see it on a show called “Morning Eye” in North America.

Here is the final news story (Windows Media and Real Video). This should give you insight into the life of a true cicada maniaic.

Roy Troutman, Gerry Bunker and Joe Green also appear in the video.

Chirping Cicada Fireworks

Dan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:31:30 +0000

Adult supervision required:

Just when you thought cicadas couldn’t possibly be any more awesome along comes cicada themed fireworks! If there’s one thing I like as much as cicadas, it’s fireworks. Check out these this photo of “chirping cicada fireworks” Roy sent me. Awesome!!!

The final winner in the blue eyed cicada contest

Dan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:18:27 +0000

Michael Jimms sent us this photo of a blue eyed Magicicada:

Michael won the last button in the blue/white/gray eyed cicada category.

Congratulations to all the winners. There are still prizes left in the contest: for Multi Colored Eyed cicadas, and for an emerging nymph with white eyes. Good luck.