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July 3, 2008

Cicada Fireworks

Filed under: Pop Culture, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 8:42 am

The Fourth of July should be fun this year at Roy Troutman’s place. Check out the Clustering Cicada fireworks he found.

Cicada Fireworks

June 18, 2008

Close up photos of marble-colored cicada eyes

Filed under: Brood XIV, Eye Color, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 8:51 pm

High-res versions of Roy Troutman’s marble-eyed cicada photos. Fascinating. You can see a color variation in all 5 eyes!

Upclose on Marble eyed 17 year cicada

Close up of marble eyed cicada

June 17, 2008

More totally awesome marble-eyed cicada photos

Filed under: Brood XIV, Eye Color, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 10:21 am

Roy has obtained another marble-eyed 17 year cicada found by Mike & Reed Finfrock of West Chester, Ohio.

Grey Red Marble Eyed Magicicada

Red Gray Marble eyed cicada

White eyes are unique, maybe one in 100,000, but these marble eyed cicadas seem to be even more rare. They look like the red was torn away, revealing the gray below (like something you would see on a blinged out Honda Civic or an 80’s metal guitar).

June 12, 2008

Amazing cicada with white & orange colored eyes

Filed under: Brood XIV, Eye Color, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 8:24 pm

Here’s something that’s truly amazing — a 17 year cicada with marble-colored eyes. White eyed cicadas are rare — but a mixed color eye cicada is amazing. Roy and the person how found the cicada should go play the lottery tonight, because luck is on their side.

Marble-eyed Magicicada

June 10, 2008

White eyed Magicicada

Filed under: Brood XIV, Eye Color, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 8:05 pm

Here’s some photos of Roy’s white eyed 17 year cicadas.

White eyed 17 year cicada

White eyed 17 year cicada

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New Brood XIV Photos from Roy

Filed under: Brood XIV, Gene Kritsky, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 7:58 pm

An adult Magicicada:

Magicicada

A Magicicada suffering from the massospora cicadina fungus:

Magicicada with Fungus

The fungus is spread during mating.

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June 4, 2008

Cicada Nets

Filed under: Brood XIV, John Cooley, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 6:01 pm

Cicadas in nets! Just as netting can be used to keep cicadas from pruning trees, netting can be used to keep cicadas healthy for study. The video features John Cooley of magicicada.org (a site you must visit if you like cicadas). We captured these cicadas and placed them in the net, where they could stay hydrated and shaded.

Roy’s Brood XIV Photography

Filed under: Brood XIV, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 10:15 am

Here’s quite a few photos Roy has taken of the emergence. It’s kind of ironic that I’m staying with Roy and his family, and yet it’s taken me this long to post the photos.

17 year Brood XIV cicadas

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BBC Filming in Mariemont

Filed under: Brood XIV, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 9:56 am

I’m catching up on the photos Roy Troutman has sent me.

Here’s photos from a BBC photoshoot in Mariemont Ohio, taken on May 24th. The photos feature cicada expert Gene Kritsky.

BBC Filming in Mariemont

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May 26, 2008

Cicada emergence photos from Loveland OH

Filed under: Brood XIV, Roy Troutman — Dan @ 10:59 am

Roy sent in a batch of photos from the Loveland OH emergence. I’ll post more and larger versions as soon as I’m done celebrating Memorial Day.

3 Stooges

Emerging

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