Cool cicada nymph photo...
...as featured on the Greensboro Birds blog. Great blog. Lots over very cool photos.
...as featured on the Greensboro Birds blog. Great blog. Lots over very cool photos.
Would you name your child Spiral Cicada? (stuff.co.nz)
Long after the cicadas are gone, cicada jewelry lives on:
Are the cicada songs waning in your neighborhood? Two weeks ago, driving through north-central Kentucky, the cicada symphony invaded our car through closed windows, loud radio and blazing air conditioner. Funny thing about cicadas, we rant and rave about the noise and the shell litter. But when they're gone, there's something I miss in the silence.
Here's your Sunday Cicada News Round Up. Enjoy them while they last.
Kentucky anglers are baiting up with cicadas to land lunkers. (The
"Other Voices" writer crazy for cicadas. Or is that crazy from cicadas? (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Cincinnati Enqurier revisits 2004 cicada limerick contest and announces a new competition.
So, what do you call a group of cicadas? A swarm, right? But since periodical cicadas arrive just once every 13 or 17 years, don't they deserve special name? Maybe something more fitting to their personality?
Here are some suggestions:
Share your suggestions for what to call a swarm of cicadas (besides a swarm) with Chicago Cicadas.
Know your cicadas: An FAQ primer from The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, West Virginia).