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Transfer Technology International Offers Solution to Bed Bug Infestations in the US - MarketWatch

WESLEY CHAPEL, FL, Nov 02, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Transfer Technology International (pinksheets:TTIN), through their subsidiary, Organic Products International, has a solution for recent discoveries of bed bugs across the US.

via www.marketwatch.com

Company touts new weapon in fight against bed bugs.

And you thought it was just you: Confused cicadas emerge early

Cicadas are confused, Ohio scientist says (AP/Columbus Dispatch)

• Global warming may cause some broods to rise too early

Brood 2 Early Birds?

Scientists Surprised By Unexpected Emergence Of Periodical Cicadas -- Four Years Early, ScienceDaily (May 8, 2009)

Sunday Cicada Round-Up

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.

• Readers rhyme on cicada time -- Cincinnati Enquirer. Cicada limerick contest winners.
• Three really creepy bug stories -- Kentucky.com
• Insects' loud song isn't bugging Connecticut scientist -- Daily Mail - Charleston,WV
• They're Back: Cape Cod Cicada Invasion 2008 -- Cape Cod Today
• Millions of cicadas screech a serenade -- MSNBC
• Fish Often Go Buggy for Cicadas -- RedOrbit - Dallas,TX
• For love of a bug -- Cape Cod Times
• Call Of The Cicadas In Full Force On Long Island -- WCBS-TV New York - NY
• Cicadas expected to stay until early July -- Huntington Herald Dispatch
• Disease-spreading citrus bug found in Orleans... -- WWL - New Orleans,LA. Asian citrus psyllid: Looks like a cicada, but much dangerous for citrus farmers.
• Coram and other communities overrun with cicadas -- Newsday - Long Island,NY
• Hear that cicada chorus, taste that cicada crunch -- Cape Cod Times

 

 

Three new cicada galleries featured at Cicada Mania

Cicada Mania posted three new cicada galleries last week featuring varieties never before seen on the site.

Missing cicadas? Visit New Zealand

Is New Zealand the world's cicada epicenter? Maybe. With more than 40 species of cicadas identified in the country and a cool Web site to track even more emerging varieties, New Zealanders sure take their cicadas seriously. (nzherald.co.nz)

Visit the New Zealand Cicadas Virtual Identification Guide with image galleries, checklists, identification guides and more.

Report your Nantucket cicada nymph sightings

Nantucket residents wait and watch for cicadas to arrive. Report your Nantucket cicada nymph sightings.

Where to look: "...under undisturbed logs and leaves, and be on the lookout for mud chimneys, little mud cocoons that immature cicada nymphs build to keep dry for early signs." (Nantucket Independent News)

Your Penn State cicada update

Are cicadas really the Methuselah of the insect world? I always thought it was more of a Rip Van Winkle situation. (Penn State)

• Penn State Cooperative Extension cicada fact sheet.

Penn State cicada fact sheet

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

Great cicada resource: Cicada Central

Getting ready to participate in a lightning round of "Cicada Trivia?" Readying your cicada science fair project? Want to learn more about the cicadas of New Zealand? Then you must make Cicada Central the next stop on your cicada journey.