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Penn State cicada fact sheet

A periodical cicada fact sheet from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension.

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology cicada page

Thorough info on periodical cicadas and some very cool photos.

Do bugs bug you?

Reporter gets to the heart of why some people think bugs -- including cicadas -- are just plan icky. Yummy sidebar about "Bugs as Food." (Cape Cod Times)

Cincinnati will enjoy a second blast of cicada joy

Cincinnati experienced its last periodical cicada outbreak just four years ago. And another is on its way this May. That's what happens when two brood regions converge. The Cincinnati area is home to both Brood X and Brood XIV cicadas. (WDTN-TV)

Southern West Virginia expecting cicada buzz

Charleston Daily Mail reports on the area's coming cicada emergence.

Your cicadas should be in pictures

As the cicadas begin to emerge, share your cicada photos with Chicago Cicadas. We'll be glad to add them to our gallery and share them with other Chicago Cicadas readers. Please include your name, if you want a photo credit, the date and place where you took your photo and any other information you'd like to include.

Chicago Cicada Haiku 2007 Contest Winners Booklet

Download your copy of the Chicago Cicada Haiku 2007 Contest Winners booklet:

Download haiku-winners.pdf

The booklet is presented in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat or a similar program in order to view.

Congratulations to all the winners. Long may you buzz.

It won't take another 17 years . . .

... to mail out the contest prizes. Honest.

Thanks to everyone who has inquired about contest prizes and thanks most for your
patience. Here's an update:

-- The electronic version of the winners booklet will
be completed this week. Once completed, I'll post the
file online and send a copy to each of the
winners/honor mention award winners.

-- The t-shirts for the top three prize winners have
also arrived. If you are one of the top 3 award
winners please send a postal address and I will ship your t-shirt immediately.

-- The paper version of the winners booklet will be published in about 10 days. 
Once they arrive, I'll ship the winners' copies to them.

I'll also post information on ordering copies of the winners booklet.

There will be no charge for the booklets other than the cost of postage.

For those of you who entered and earned one of the top prizes or an honorable mention,
you should also know that there have been more than 1,000 visits to the winning haiku
page since your haiku were posted -- Your famous!

Thanks again for your patience. And again, I'm sorry for the delay.

-- Mike 

2007 Chicago Cicada Haiku Contest Winners

Congratulations to the Chicago Cicada Haiku Contest Winners.

Where are the winners?

Due to so many great entries and some family obligations, we've been delayed in posting the winners to the 2007 Chicago Cicada Haiku contest. Judging is almost complete and we expect to post winners on Tuesday.

Stay tuned.

-- Mike