Magicicada nymphs emerging by Roy Troutman.
Month: June 2007
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Cicada Fishing Lures
A few fishing lure manufacturers make cicada shaped lures, leveraging the fact that fish, especially big fish, will eagerly consume cicadas that fall into water. A cicada struggling on the surface of the water is like a dinner bell to hungry perch and bass.
Fishing and cicada enthusiasts should consider buying one of these novelty lures.
Today was a great day. I attended Gene Kritsky’s talk at the Lake County Forest Preserve. After 11 years of Cicada Mania, it was great to finally meet Gene and see one of his speeches. I also got to meet Cicada Mania contributor Roy Troutman for the first time, as well as Gerry Bunker who runs the information rich Massachusetts Cicadas website, and Joe Green, who contributes to the Entomology – Cicadidae Yahoo! Group (rip).
I also spent a lot of the day with a film team from Fuji TV, the Japanese ABC affiliate. They’re filming the emergence for Japanese TV. Very cool!
I was able to take a couple good photos, and some video. I hope to upload the video on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Time to face the (cicada) music
A great photo of a Magicicada by Christina Thorell:
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Adult Cicadas
This is as adult as it gets for Magicicadas.
Another great photo from Roy Troutman (who I apologize to for the crop job on his original photo).
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Chicago
Looking forward to seeing Gene Kritsky speak tomorrow at the Lake County Forest Preserve.
Blogs (some with pictures)
First, Catch Your Cicada .
Photo of the day
Photo by Joe Balynas.
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Cicadas in Ann Arbor area?
Kaz wrote to tell us that Magicicadas are appearing around Ann Arbor MI, contrary to popular opinion — I’ll waiting for pictures to confirm…. Developing…
Update: these would be Brood X stragglers, not brood XIII. 🙂