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Books Brood XIV Gene Kritsky

A new Gene Kritsky book: The Pilgrims’ Promise: The 2025 Emergence of the Periodical Cicada Brood XIV

Looks like Doctor Gene Kritsky has a new periodical cicada book: The Pilgrims’ Promise: The 2025 Emergence of the Periodical Cicada Brood XIV.

Get it on Amazon, or your favorite book dealer.

Like clockwork, Gene is back with another book about one of the major periodical cicada broods found in the U.S.A. This time it is for Brood XIV (14). Gene’s books are the “only game in town” so to speak, when it comes to periodical cicadas. They detail the facts about the insects, tell you where you can find them, and include folklore and legends about the insects.

The Pilgrims’ Promise: The 2025 Emergence of the Periodical Cicada Brood XIV

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Books

Cicada Bug Coloring & Activity Book

It appears that this Cicada Bug Coloring & Activity Book is the second most popular cicada book on Amazon. This took me by surprise. I have not read it, so I cannot vouch for its quality.

coloring book

Here’s the top 5 that I see:

  1. New Brood XIX and XIII Cicada Book by Dr. Gene Kritsky
  2. Cicada Bug Coloring & Activity Book
  3. Cecily Cicada, a cicada book for kids
  4. The Cicada Olympics: Engaging Kids in Live Insect Activities
  5. The Cicadas Are Coming
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Books C.L. Marlatt Citizen Science

Cicada Coloring Book using Vintage Cicada Illustrations

Charles Lester Marlatt is the most well-known Magicicada researcher of all time. He spent the late 19th and early 20th-century researching periodical cicadas and establishing the location of their broods. Marlatt is responsible for the concept of broods and the name Magicicada (he thought the cicadas were Magical).

The illustrations contained in his publications make excellent decorations that you can color and make crafts with.

Download a free PDF of Magicicada illustrations that you can print out and color and festoon around your house or classroom.

Cicada Coloring Book

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Books

The Cicadas of North America Book

There is a new cicada book emerging in August or September of 2024 called The Cicadas of North America Book by the author and illustrator Chris Alice Kratzer.

You can order it online.

Cicadas of North America

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Books

Cecily Cicada, a cicada book for kids

Update (2/28/2024): looks like there’s a 2024 version of Cecily Cicada: Cecily Cicada: Special Double Brood Edition.

Cecily Cicada 2024

There’s a new version of the book Cecily Cicada by Kita Helmetag Murdock & Patsy Helmetag for 2021. Some of you might remember the original version with the purple cover. Look for the mini-interview at the end of the article.

A delightful book, written by a mother/ daughter before the 17-year cicada emergence of 2004. They wrote it to ease the insect anxiety of their 3-year-old granddaughter/daughter when they learned the cicadas were coming. It tells the miraculous life of a special 17-year cicada named Cecily in an endearing way. Beautifully illustrated and fun. Patsy Helmetag has re-illustrated the original edition for a bright new look for the cicada emergence of 2021.

Cecily Cicada 2021 cover
Here is a Q & A with the authors of the book by Kita Helmetag Murdock & Patsy Helmetag:

Q: What inspired you to write a book about a cicada?

Kita: My mom and I originally wrote Cecily Cicada in 2004, when the Brood X cicadas were about to emerge in Washington, D.C. My then two-year-old daughter was terrified of all bugs, and I was terrified of how she would react when her world was suddenly full of them! We were driving to visit my sister in North Carolina that spring when we had the idea to write a book to ease her fears. Without anything to write on (and without smartphones – times have changed!), we started by writing the first lines in rhyme on the back of a cereal box. By the time we returned home from the trip, we knew we had a book that we wanted to share with all the kids who would be experiencing the cicadas that spring. My mom made the illustrations, and we put the book out into the world. We updated the book for the 2021 Brood X emergence.

Q: Has anyone approached you to make your book into an animated cartoon?

Kita: No, but we wish someone would! It would make a great animated short.

Q: What changes have you made for the 2021 edition of your book?

Patsy: I had so much time during covid that I decided to update all of the illustrations. The new version is brighter and more detailed. We also changed the male singing cicadas to a boy band, from a barbershop quartet, to make them more youthful.

Q: Have you written any other books?
Patsy: I have also written The TransAm Grannies Bicycle Across America and Slothy and Nomi. This past year, during quarantine, I illustrated and co-wrote Squeakestered with my 12-year-old granddaughter.

Kita: I have also written two middle-grade fiction books, Future Flash and Francie’s Fortune.

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Books Brood XIII Brood XIX Magicicada Periodical

New Brood XIX and XIII Cicada Book by Dr. Gene Kritsky

Cicada researcher and communicator Dr. Gene Kritsky has a new book about Brood XIX and XIII which are both emerging in the spring of 2024: A Tale of Two Broods: The 2024 Emergence of Periodical Cicada Broods XIII and XIX. It is available in paperback and Kindle formats.

A Tale of Two Broods: The 2024 Emergence of Periodical Cicada Broods XIII and XIX

Other posts about Dr. Gene Kritsky on this site:

  1. An Interview with Gene Kritsky
  2. Gene Kritsky’s new cicada site and Brood XIV news
  3. Periodical Cicadas: The Brood X Edition by Gene Kritsky
  4. Gene’s App: Cicada Safari app for tracking Magicicada periodical cicadas
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Books Fly Fishing

Cicada Madness, a new cicada-themed fly fishing book

Cicadas are a favorite food of fish, so anglers use lures that emulate cicadas. When there is a large emergence aka “hatch” of cicadas, it can drive the fish into a feeding frenzy, which anglers take advantage of.

There’s a new book called Cicada Madness by author Dave Zielinski that focuses on “timing, fishing techniques, and patterns for cracking the code of epic emergences”. The book features images by myself, Roy Troutman, and others. The book is 164 pages long and features 39 pages of fly patterns.

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Books Magicicada Periodical

Cicadapocalypse a graphic novel about periodical cicadas by Roger McMullan

Roger McMullan has a new graphic novel about periodical cicadas called Cicadapocalypse. You can obtain a copy from Roger’s online store.

As I understand it, “the book is intended as an introduction to periodical cicadas for curious kids during a cicada emergence by creating a fictional narrative around the cicadas rather than hitting them over the head with facts”. A cicada emergence through the eyes of some shocked and surprised cartoon squirrels.

It looks fun to me.

cicadapocalypse

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Papers and Documents

Cicada research published in 2023

Cicada research published in 2023… this is a work in progress. 🙂

November:

Sanborn, A, (2023). Two new species and two new records for cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from French Guiana, with an updated faunal list of French Guiana and the first synoptic list for Guyana. Zootaxa. Vol. 5368 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2023. 1-74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5368.1.1

Stukel, M., Porczak, A.E., Gordon, E.R.L., Vailionis, J., Haji, D., Buckley, T.R. et al. (2023) Phylogenomics improves the phylogenetic resolution and provides strong evidence of mito-nuclear discordance in two genera of a New Zealand cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) species radiation. Systematic Entomology, 1–21. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12613

October:

Hepler, J., Cooper, W., Cullum, J., Dardick, C., Dardick, L., Nixon, L., Pouchnik, D., Raupp, M., Shrewsbury, P., Leskey, R. (2023). Do adult Magicicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) feed? Historical perspectives and evidence from molecular gut content analysis. Journal of Insect Science, Volume 23, Issue 5, September 2023, 13, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iead082

Kaplan, Mehmet. (2023). Determination of Bioecology, Infestation Rate and Distribution of the Harmful Grapevine Cicada Klapperichicen viridissima (Walker) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Vineyard Areas of Mardin Province in Türkiye. Erwerbs-Obstbau. 1-5. 10.1007/s10341-023-00961-1.

September:

Cole, J., Chatfield-Taylor, W., Smeds, E., Cooley, J., Gonzalez, V., Wong, C. (2023). Phylogeny of North America’s largest cicada radiation redefines Tibicinoides and Okanagana (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae: Tibicininae). Zootaxa. Vol. 5346 No. 5: 21 Sept. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.1

August:

Wang, J., Jiang, J., Wei, C. (2023). A new genus, Duffelsa gen. n., with descriptions of three new species and one new combination (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. Vol. 5323 No. 3: 2 Aug. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.3

Puissant, S., Gurcel, K. (2023). The genus Tibicina Kolenati, 1857 in Morocco (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Tibicininae): taxonomic assessment from integrative research. Zootaxa. Vol. 5330 No. 4: 17 Aug. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.4.4

Diaz, A., Yaritza, L., Maes, J. (2023) Zammara calochroma (Homoptera: Cicadidae) registro nuevo para la fauna de Nicaragua. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.8233967

July:

Sanborn, A. (2023). Resolving taxonomic issues of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) including new combinations, new synonymies, and revised status, with updates on the diversity of the Brazilian cicada fauna and new records for four South American countries. Zootaxa. VOL. 5318 NO. 3: 20 JUL. 2023. 339-362. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5318.3.2

June:

Yamna, Ouguas & Mohamed, El & Ahmed, Nani & Abdelilah, Chakhmani & Abdellah, Bouchtalla & Lhomme, Patrick. (2023). Biogeographical characterization of Psalmocharias plagifera (Schumacher, 1922) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) mass emergence in southwest Morocco. 01-19. 10.34874/IMIST.PRSM/afrimed-i139.41148.

March:

Sanborn, A. (2023). The taxonomic position of the cicada genus Hea Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. Vol. 5254 No. 3: 13 Mar. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.11

Lee, Y., Marshall, A., Mohagan, D., Hill, K., Mohagan, D. (2023). Revised checklist of Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Mindanao, Philippines, with descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. Journal of Natural History. 57(1-4):193-242. DOI:10.1080/00222933.2023.2171820

Lampert, E., Perez, G., Alejo, D., Jones, S., Ignatius, A. (2023). The 2021 Emergence of Brood X Periodical Cicadas Magicicada spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Georgia, United States of America. Environmental Entomology, 52(2):270-278 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad018

February:

Wang, C. (2023). A new species of Hea Distant, 1906 from China, with annotated catalogue for the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa. Vol. 5231 No. 5: 2 Feb. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5231.5.6

Dmitriev, D., Sanborn, A. (2023). Priority and the names of two cicada tribes (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Tacuini and Tettigomyiinae: Anopercalnini). Zootaxa. Vol. 5239 No. 1: 8 Feb. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5239.1.9

January

Chantarachit, R., Srikosamatara, S. (2023). Emergence Pattern of Dundubia nagarasingna (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in a Bangkok Urban Garden. J. of Agricultural and Urban Entomology, 38(1):41-51 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3954/JAUE22-08

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Research from other years: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017.

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Australia Books

Searching for Cicadas by Lesley Gibbes and Judy Watson

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. This one is fantastic! Searching for Cicadas by Lesley Gibbes (author) and Judy Watson (illustrator) tells the story of a grandparent and grandchild and their love of searching for and listing to cicadas. The book is set in Australia and features excellent illustrations of Australian species like Double Drummers, Floury Bakers, and Green Grocers. If you’re a library in the New South Wales area or a parent with a kid who loves cicadas, you should own this book. I live in the United States, and I had to import it. Worth every penny. The illustration is accurate and stylish and unique — a fantastic color palate.

The front cover:
Searching for Cicadas

Inside illustrations: