Looks like the University of Florida sites have new URLs.
Singing Insects of North America (http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/)
Cicadas (of Florida), Neocicada hieroglyphica (Say), Tibicen, Diceroprocta and Melampsalta spp.
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Looks like the University of Florida sites have new URLs.
Singing Insects of North America (http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/)
Cicadas (of Florida), Neocicada hieroglyphica (Say), Tibicen, Diceroprocta and Melampsalta spp.
I want to let you all know that Tim McNary’s Bibliography of the Cicadoidea has moved to a new URL. The new URL is http://www.tmcnary.com/CicadaBibliography.htm.
This is not a cicada, but it looks like one, right? Like a cicada from Mars. This is a Treehopper (Membracidae). They belong to the same Order/Suborder & Infraorder as Cicadas (more info on the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membracidae)
Look that this fuzzy cicada I spotted on Flickr. Remarkable Tettigades chilensis.
There’s another copy of the Cicada Do Brazil Video on the Metacafe website.
tigerbeatlefreak has photos of Okanagana synodica, Tibicen lyricen, Beameria venosa and other cicadas on Flickr.
Gerry Bunker has published an online guide to Pinning, Labeling and Preserving Your Cicadas. This is excellent information if you plan to start a collection.
Over the years Roy Troutman has supplied Cicada Mania with many excellent macro photos of cicadas. Fans of macro photography will also appreciate these photos by Todd Quinn, and Vic Fazio’s Tibicen dorsatus.
And just for the heck of it, here’s a list of insect ID websites:
Bug Guide, Insect Identification, What’s that Bug.
Normally I can get the ID of a cicada fairly quickly, thanks to folks like Gerry and Paul Krombholz. Aside from Locusts, the insect most people confuse with cicadas is the Sphinx Moth.
A quick break in the Brood XIII action:
A website about Japanese cicadas (Semi). It’s interesting to see all the different varieties of cicadas that exist around the world.
Many, many photos of Japanese cicadas thanks to Google photo search.
As you may have heard, cicadas can damage small trees (like wimpy ornamentals) as they lay their eggs in the branches. The Chicago Sun-Times has a good article titled Arbor Day takes cover against cicada swarm, that will give folks with wimpy trees strategies for dealing with the upcoming emergence. If you’re concerned, read the article.
Tips:
Big, strong trees will see some damage, but they take it in stride:
From an article on the CHINAdaily news site: Cicada knocks man off bike.
Wang was riding a bicycle when he spotted two boys catching cicadas. He rang his bell, warning the boys to stay away, which scared the boys as well as a cicada on the tree. The frightened cicada flew toward Wang at high speed and knocked him off his bicycle. Physical check-ups in a hospital indicated that Wang had bruises all over his body and had three broken ribs because of the fall
Thanks to Roy Troutman for passing along the article.
All cicada maniacs should be familiar with the Cicada Central website. Their URL has changed to http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/projects/cicada/. Update your bookmarks.
Here’s a newer website circa 2020 wp.chris-simon-lab.eeb.uconn.edu.