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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.

Listen in on the "Songs of the Insects"

New book and CD set features songs by cicadas, katydids, crickets and more, (Lexington Herald Leader book review).

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who entered the 2007 Chicago Cicada Haiku contest. The contest has closed and judging has started Stay tuned to Chicago Cicada Haiku and Chicago Cicadas for more details and for the announcement of the winners.

Don't forget: Enter your haiku by July 2