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August 7, 2010

The keychain saga continues

Filed under: Pop Culture — Dan @ 7:05 am

Thanks for Suzanne M for the scan of the Archie McPhee catalog featuring the amazing cicada keychain.

Archie McPhee scan featuring cicada keychain by Suzanne M

I actually finally found one of these thanks to a family member.

June 6, 2010

Lucky Cicada Keychain packaging

Filed under: Pop Culture — Dan @ 8:51 am

Ben from Quebec emailed us photos of the packaging for the Lucky Cicada Keychain.

Hello,
Here a picture of my toy cicada package. I bought it at Discovery Island (now closed), a former small theme park of Walt Disney World back in 1993.
Ben (QC)

Lucky Cicada Keychain

BTW, I forgot to announce some good news — I finally found a working Lucky Cicada Keychain!

January 11, 2010

Mutant cicadas enjoying a Mongolian Hot Pot dinner

Filed under: Pop Culture — Dan @ 8:28 pm

This whimsical display of dismembered and “reassembled” cicadas enjoying a Mongolian Hot Pot dinner can be yours! It’s for sale on ebay!

cicadadisplay

Awesome!

July 20, 2009

Cool Cicada Tattoo

Filed under: Pop Culture — Dan @ 8:02 pm

Cicadas are cool, and tattoos can be pretty cool too. Take a took at Sandy Herder’s new cicada tattoo. Awesome.

July 5, 2009

Life in the Undergrowth

Filed under: Magicicada,Pop Culture,TV & Film — Dan @ 10:02 am

I just finished watching the BBC mini-series Life in the Undergrowth staring several million invertebrates and David Attenborough. (I watched it in between the picnics, fireworks, and swimming that mostly occupies my time.) Fans of cicadas and land-dwelling invertebrates will love this show. Attenborough is the best when it comes to explaining the natural world to TV viewers.

BBC thoughtfully put the segment of the show about 17 year cicadas on YouTube.

I like the bit when he lures the male around by imitating the wing flicks of females.

You can buy it in the usual places, or rent it of course.

May 31, 2009

New Cicada Shirt Design

Filed under: Illustrations,Pop Culture — Dan @ 9:07 pm

After promising a year or more ago I made a t-shirt design out of my cartoon-style cicada.

There’s a $10 shirt, a mug, and more, like this shirt:

Cicada Shirt

Magicicada photos from Sandy Aiello

Filed under: Brood II,Magicicada,Pop Culture — Dan @ 8:29 am

Earlier this month I posted the video of insect enthusiast Sandy Aiello interviewed by NBC Washington about the Magicicada emergence.

Sandy Aiello was kind enough to let us post some of her Magicicada photos on Cicadamania:

Magicicada photos from Sandy Aiello

Magicicada photo from Sandy Aiello

April 18, 2009

Cicada Pull Toy

Filed under: Pop Culture,Roy Troutman — Dan @ 1:27 pm

Today I found this cicada-shaped toy in my mail.

Pullback cicada toy

Thanks Roy Troutman!

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