The Cicada Mania Blog: News, Findings, and Discoveries About Cicadas.
Here’s something for Windows users: the cicada cursor.
If you like to customize your PC, you can swap out your cursor with a cursor shaped like a cicada. 
Download it today (download and unzip).
Here’s a tutorial for changing your cursor.
I have no idea if you can change the cursor on a Mac or mobile device.
Update! Try the new Magicicada cursor (.cur file in .zip file)! 
Between now and the spring, I have to spend some time labeling the unlabeled species of cicadas on my site.
Want to know the latest comments happening on Cicada Mania?
The message board Archives can be useful for researching Broods that emerged in the late 90s and 00s.
→ Visit the message board archvies and scroll through 1000′s of cicada questions and sightings.
Any cicada fans who speak German, or are in Germany?
Sonja Beeker of the German radio program Neonlicht interviewed me last week. You can download the mp3 of the video from this page. It was my favorite interview of the season, believe it or not.
Here is a description:
Sie sind so klein. Aber sie machen einen ohrenbetäubenden Lärm. Schon eine einzige Zikade reicht, um einem den Schlaf für die Nacht zu rauben. Was aber, wenn Milliarden von Zikaden nach 17-jähriger Reifezeit schlüpfen und über die USA herfallen? Dann wird’s laut. Ein bisschen eklig. Vielleicht aber auch lecker. Wie man’s nimmt. Unsere Reporterin hat ein paar Ostküstenbewohner besucht, die sich auf die Plage vorbereiten.
I had my April Fool’s Day fun, except Cicada Mania fans are smart folks and figured it out immediately.
After 17 years I am shutting down Cicada Mania. I am starting a new site Fulgoridae Frenzy. twitter.com/cicadamania/st…
— Cicada Mania (@cicadamania) April 1, 2013
Also, Hipster Cicada made an appearance:
One way I have fun during cicada emergences is designing unique cicada buttons. This year I have magnets too.
I have more cicada pins in the store. Check them out.
Saturday the BBC stopped by Cicada Mania headquarters to interview me for a Periodical Cicada episode of their show Nature’s Weirdest. The episode will also feature Dr. Gene Kristsky, and other cicada experts. The show will air in January, and hopefully end up on NetFlix, BBC America or YouTube sometime after that. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019f6kv Here’s a photo of the amazing crew that interviewed me:
Also, my friends David and Claire gave me this very nice cicada whistle from Peru:
Autumn (in North America) is usually a slow time for cicadas and this Cicada Mania website, so I have time to clean stuff up and decide what to do next to the site.
Now I turn to you, cicada fans, enthusiasts, and researchers: what would you like to see more of (or less of) on CicadaMania.com ? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.
Looking forward, there’s the Brood I emergence next year in Virginia and West Virginia which should generate some buzz, and then Brood II in 2013 in the east which should be a big event.
Cicadas, Social Media and Citizen Science
Want to meet other cicada fans, help with cicada science projects, or simply check out cicada photos, images, or video? Try these projects and links.
Connect to Cicada Mania
Magicicada.org Mapping Project
In 2014, contribute your Magicicada/Periodical/17 & 13 Year cicada sightings to Magicicada.org. They will add your report to their Google map.
→ Magicicada.org
Citizen Science Projects
Want to participate in a cicada citizen science project? Check out the cicada science projects on Cicada Central. There is the The Simon Lab Nymph Tracking Project and a Magicicada Biology Class Exercise.
If you are in Ohio or Kentucky and spot a periodical cicada this year (2014), send a geo-tagged cellphone photo to Gene Kritsky.
Your Wild Life wants your dead cicadas! They will use them to study the effects of urbanization (pollution, etc.) on the cicadas.
Discuss cicadas on Twitter
Use hash tags like #cicadas for general cicada issues. Use @cicadamania to get my attention.
→ Cicada Mania on Twitter
Discuss cicadas on Facebook
Once you’re done reporting your cicada sighting to magicicada.org, head over to Facebook to discuss your cicada experiences.
→ Cicada Mania Discussion Board on Facebook
Discuss cicadas with cicada experts
If you’re serious about cicadas, try the Entomology Cicadidae Yahoo group.
→ Entomology Cicadidae Yahoo group
Share your cicada photos, sounds and videos
Share your cicada photos and videos with the world:
→ Cicada Photos Group on Flickr
→ Cicadas on Pinterest (note, there’s no guarantee just photos of cicadas will show up)
→ Search Instagram photos for cicadas (note, there’s no guarantee just photos of cicadas will show up)
Cicada Mania Videos and Audio:
→ Cicada Mania on Vimeo
→ Cicada Mania YouTube
Update:
If you want to tag a species, you can use what’s called a “machine tag” or “triple tag” (see Wikipedia article on Tags).
taxonomy:binomial=Magicicada tredecim
taxonomy:binomial=Magicicada neotredecim
taxonomy:binomial=Magicicada tredecassini
taxonomy:binomial=Magicicada tredecula
If you’re tagging on sites that use spaces instead of commas (like flickr) put them in quotes when you enter them.