Here’s 3 Cicada Contest winners.
Jen Swofford in Highland Park, IL:
Mark Muto in North Riverside, IL:
Sonja Kassebaum of Gurnee, IL:
Magicicada periodical cicada Broods.
June 12, 2007
Blue Eyed Magicicada from Villa Park IL
Paula King’s son found this cicada in Villa Park, IL. In the picture they eyes are white, but Paula observed that the eye color would actually vacillate between blue and white over the course of time. That’s an important observation.
Here’s another picture from Paula of a cicada with mustard colored eyes:
Blue Eyed Magicicada from Downers Grove, IL
This photos of a blue-eyed Magicicada was taken by Maria Wagner in Downers Grove, IL.
June 11, 2007
Cicada Mania, best of 2007
Cicada Mania Best of 2007 part 1 by Dan
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Cicada Mania Best of 2007 part 2 by Dan
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Cicada Mania, Best of 2007, part 3 by Dan
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June 10, 2007
Brood XIII Magicicada emergence in 2007 at Ryerson Woods Forrest Preserve
The following videos chronicle the Brood XIII Magicicada emergence in 2007 at the Forrest Preserve park outside of Chicago. The videos are by Roy Troutman.
Crowd watching Magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods by Roy
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Observing magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods by Roy
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Observing Magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods by Roy
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June 9, 2007
Emergence Report for 6/9
This should have been part 2 yesterday:
Locations
- Riverside
- Thornton Lansing Rd in Thornton, IL as well as Lansing, IL in the area of the model airplane field on Stony Island Ave.
- Old School Forest Preserve in Libertyville, IL
News
What Makes Cicadas So Loud? (The Daily Green).
Why so many deformed cicadas? and How to Dispose of Cicadas (The Chicago Gardener).
Video
Collecting MadVideos — Brood XIII cicadas arrive in Wisconsin.
Cicada video (by Love is the most excellent way). See and hear them!
Daily Nightly’s Chicago Cicadas.
Blogs
A handful of cicada photos (by ThreadStory)
More cicada photos (by Superhua)
Great pictures of seagulls swarming a suburb to get at cicadas. Plus, a picture of the coolest Christmas tree ever.
Invasion: Cicada on a Car Tire.
Symphony of cicadas. Now appearing in 60532.
Return of the Cicadas. Cool picture!
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Photos from the Cicada Mania festival
Here are two photos from the Cicada Mania festival by Roy Troutman:
An orange eyed Magicicada:
3 nymphs crawling up a tree limb:
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