From Phoebe:
July 30, 2007
July 29, 2007
Cicada from Spain
We have a new gallery, our first from Spain. Tibicen plebejus by Iván Jesus Torresano García. 51 photos in all.
Here’s a sample:
July 25, 2007
Did someone say more Cicadetta calliope?
Here’s two more Cicadetta calliope photographed by Paul. Note the different eye colors.
C. calliope is found in: AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NE, NC, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA.
July 24, 2007
Cicadetta calliope
Here are 2 photos of a Cicadetta calliope (formerly Melampsalta calliope) taken by Paul Krombholz. Paul caught several individuals in late May in a field of mixed grasses and dicot weeds near Jackson, Mississippi. These little cicadas are around 20 mm long from head to wing tips.
C. calliope is found in: AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NE, NC, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA.
July 13, 2007
A cautionary tale: Champ the dog
This story has been all over the news, so I’m posting it. Champ the drug sniffing dog nearly chokes to death on 4 cicadas (video report). Don’t let your pets gorge themselves on cicadas. Like anything that’s an inch and a half long or longer, cicadas can become lodged in your pet’s throat, so keep a mindful eye on their insect dining habits.
July 11, 2007
New Adam Fleishman’s Diceroprocta apache gallery
Enjoy this gallery of Diceroprocta apache photos by Adam Fleishmam from 2007.
Visit Adam’s Photography Website.
Empty nympal skin:
Jan & Roger’s Brood XIII Magicicada Gallery.
Here’s our one any only 2007 Brood XIII gallery:
Photos by Jan & Roger. Click for larger versions of the images.
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- Magicicada skins
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- Adult Magicicadas
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- A mix of skins and adults
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- Nymph and adult
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- Teneral, recently molted Magicicada
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- Molting Magicicada
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- Adult Magicicada
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- Skins and adults on leaves
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- Teneral, recently molted Magicicada
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- Teneral, recently molted Magicicada
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- Adults
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- Skins on leaves
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- Adult Magicicada
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- Adult Magicicada
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- Magicicada holes
July 9, 2007
Eggs!
Here’s a picture of Magicicada eggs from Roy Troutman. They’re about 3-4mm long. Very tiny.
Brood XIII, rotten but not forgotten
Brood XIII is all but gone in and few select areas (like Westmont IL for instance). Will you miss them? You might find a couple stragglers next year, but you’re going to have to wait until 2024 for the next Brood XIII emergence.
At this point you should start to see flagging from the Brood XIII cicadas: brown, dead leaves where the cicadas laid their eggs.
If you’ve willing to travel, you can see and hear the Brood XIV next year too.
Deanna’s cicada photos on Flickr are a nice representation of the Brood XIII emergence. Check them out whenever you want to reminisce.
More Brood XIII photos to come, and lots of other cicada fun is coming up, so stay tuned!
Update: make sure you check out all the cool images people added to Comments section of the CicadaMania MySpace page.
