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New USA Cicada Search 10 Aug 2013 | 09:29 pm
I am revealing my own tool for identifying the cicadas of the United States. It is called the U.S.A. &Canada Cicada SearchBETA. It is far from perfect, but it is useful to me. This tool works for the...
August is a great time to look for Tibicen cicadas in North America 9 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm
Now is a great time to look and listen for Tibicen cicadas in North America. Tibicen are the medium to large sized annual cicadas. Typically they are well camouflaged – with colors like black, white, ...
Tibicen auletes in Manchester, NJ 31 Jul 2013 | 08:44 am
Last night I went on an exploration of Manchester, NJ looking for Tibicen auletes (Germar, 1834) with Elias Bonaros and his friend Annette. T. auletes, are known as the Northern Dusk Singing Cicada. ...
Cicada Summer Fun 24 Jul 2013 | 05:06 pm
It has been about a month since the last time I saw a Brood II periodical cicada. The Brood II emergence is over, aside from flagging and nymph hatches. That doesn’t mean the cicada fun has to end. An...
Help identify these cicadas from India 16 Jul 2013 | 05:46 pm
Raghu Ananth sent us these photos of cicadas from India. If you can identify them, please do so in the comments. Click the images for a larger version: Cicada Found in Arunachal Pradesh, India: Cic...
Tosena sibylla from the Uttara Kannada district in India 12 Jul 2013 | 07:46 am
Here’s a cicada I never thought I would see, but thanks to Raghu Ananth, here are two photos of a Tosena sibylla. This photo was taken on May 2nd, 2009: Note the characteristic double stripes on the...
Where’s the cicadas? 29 Jun 2013 | 12:57 pm
At this point in the 2013 Brood II emergence, all the cicadas that will emerge, have emerged. I’m sorry to say that if periodical cicadas have not emerged in your yard/neighborhood/town, they won’t. T...
Help the Simon Cicada Lab study periodical cicada nymphs 27 Jun 2013 | 09:20 am
The Simon Lab is dedicated to the study of cicadas, in particular, periodical cicadas. One of the things they study is the development of cicada nymphs while they are underground. They need your hel...
Annual Cicada Mania 26 Jun 2013 | 12:19 am
The annual cicada species are out now around the United States. Not all annual cicadas are out yet — some won’t arrive until late summer — but many are currently out in the southernmost states, and wi...
New York is still loaded with cicadas 24 Jun 2013 | 07:51 am
If you want to see and hear the Brood II cicadas, play hookey this week, and head on up the Hudson Valley in New York State. DO IT! It’s your last chance until 2030 (unless you want to see Brood III a...
