Cicada Mania

A monograph of oriental cicadidae (1892) by Willian Lucas

Dan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:13:43 +0000

I recently found a book called A monograph of oriental cicadidae in the Internet Archive. The A monograph of oriental cicadidae was authored by William Lucas Distant, and published in 1892 — that’s 116 years ago! The book contains plenty of text and illustrations, some of which I’ll include below:

Angamiana etherea

Cicada taglica

Cosmopsaltria tripurasura

Peciliopsaltria hampsoni

Terpnosia stipata

Tosena depicta

Tosena sibylla

Tosena splendida

Rotten, but not forgotten

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:49:30 +0000

As promised, the Magicicada adults are all but gone in most areas. I assume that most that are left are in Long Island or Cape Code.

Compared to last year (Brood XIII), Cicada Mania had 57% fewer unique visitors, which was expected. That said, I had 57% more fun this year, which makes up the difference.

Cicada Fireworks

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:42:33 +0000

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

Looking back at Brood XIV: Weaverville NC pileup

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:21:45 +0000

, originally uploaded by chiral_c.

Looking back at Brood XIV: 2 dozen cicadas on a tree

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:20:17 +0000

DSC_0052, originally uploaded by nikon_d50_user.

Another cool Flickr photo.

Looking back at Brood XIV: Ick bugs

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:18:30 +0000

Ick bugs, originally uploaded by scribbie.

Another fine photo from Flickr.

Cicada tymbal

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:12:30 +0000

Cicada tymbal, originally uploaded by Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

A good photo of the cicada’s tymbal — the part that makes the noise.

A look back at Brood XIV: Cicada Tree

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:00:46 +0000

Cicada Tree, originally uploaded by Mark from Cincinnati.

Another photo from Flickr — all that stuff on the ground — cicadas.

A look back at Brood XIV: Cicadas on a Tree

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:59:20 +0000

Cicadas on a Tree, originally uploaded by Mark from Cincinnati.

Another excellent photo from Flickr

A look back at Brood XIV: Leaves w/Cicadas

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:54:33 +0000

Leaves w/Cicadas, originally uploaded by dcfox.

An excellent photo found on Flickr.