Comments for Cicada Mania

Comment on Ozzie Cicadas: Blue Moon by LOWANA CHAPMAN

LOWANA CHAPMAN — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:25:18 +0000

fOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AN ARMY OF ? HAS BEEN USING MY AND MY NEIGHBOURS GARDEN AS AN OPERA HOUSE..I CAN’T FIND THEM BECASUE THEY GO QUIET WHEN I APPROACH BUT FROM EARLY EVENING UNTIL AFTER DARK IN WARMER MONTHS THEY START UP WITH THE MOST INCREDIBLE CHORUS…I DID FIND A SHELL AND 2 WINGS AND ONE EVENING WHEN I CAME INDOORS THERE WAS A CREATURE CLINGING TO MY SLACKS…IT LOOKS TO BE A BLADDER CICADA, SO ARE THESE THE ONES MAKING ALL THE NOISE? THEY ONLY SEEM TO BE AT GROUND LEVEL..NOT IN TREES LIKE COMMON CICADAS AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD THEM BEFORE ALTHOUGH I HAVE LIVED HERE NEARLY 50 YEARS.

Comment on Cicadas and Christmas by Dave Marshall

Dave Marshall — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:24:11 +0000

Note that the name “Xmas clanger” is just our field name for the insect, not even a published common name, as the species is not described yet.

Comment on Cicada Christmas Lights by Roy Troutman

Roy Troutman — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:28:12 +0000

Sweet!

Comment on It is Cicada Season in Australia by Dave Marshall

Dave Marshall — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:00:48 +0000

A good one to mention/illustrate on lists such as this is the “Floury Baker”, Aleeta curvicosta (formerly Abricta curvicosta). It is very common in well-populated eastern areas like Sydney, and it sings often during the day. Also has one of the better Aussie cicada common names.

Comment on How to say cicada around the world by Dave Marshall

Dave Marshall — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:57:46 +0000

Thanks heaps for this, Dan — very interesting and potentially useful.

Comment on Cicadas serenaded the dinosaurs by Matt Berger

Matt Berger — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:45:44 +0000

that is absolutely awesome

Comment on Tibicen auletes aka Northern Dusk-singing Cicada by Elias

Elias — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:27:01 +0000

Hello David –
There are different species out in California. many of the Okanagana genus. The Northern Dusk Singing Cicada is found in the eastern half of the USA. Each species has it sown particular host tree or trees. Most Cicada host species preferences are poorly understood at this time.

Comment on Cicadas are called Christmas Beetles in South Africa by Simon

Simon — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:32:28 +0000

I don’t know how this came about, but everywhere else in South Africa, Christmas beetles are Christmas beetles, i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_beetle

A cicada isn’t even a beetle, so I have can only assume someone misnamed a cicada and it stuck. Thankfully, the rest of us South Africans know what a beetle is.

Comment on Fukushima radiation possibly impacting cicadas in Japan by syukenzaimin

syukenzaimin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:22:42 +0000

Thank you for your taking up and readers’ comments.
Quoted article is subsequent to other article.
Now I wrote the summary and complements of four series of story which includes this one with answer for commenter in my mind.
As the SPEC of my blog doesn’t accommodate English version, linefeed is not correct, rather confusing. Please read patiently.

Comment on Ozzie Cicadas: Blue Moon by Geordie

Geordie — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:23:19 +0000

Wow. Wow. Wow. The blue moon has mythological status where I come from. In fact, I didn’t think the blue mutation was a possibility until now. This is fantastic!