A creamy white eyed cicada from Morton Grove by Judy Thorpe:
And…
A true-blue eyed cicada from Western Springs by Matt Weiss:
Magicicada periodical cicada Broods.
June 25, 2007
June 21, 2007
Another Blue/White Eye Contest Winner
Here’s a white eyed cicada from Grayson Martin.
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June 19, 2007
Emergence Update for 6/19/2007
We got our first IOWA sighting!
Questions:
- When will they be gone??? About 2 weeks after the last one emerges. By the time Independence day rolls around, most places will be “liberated” from them.
- What’s that smell??? Like any rotting animal, cicadas emit a funky stank after they die. I think they smell like old bacon grease, other’s say Limburger cheese, wet dog…
- I haven’t seen any cicadas yet, does that mean I won’t see/hear any? Probably; time to get in the car and go to them.
Locations:
- Cedar River near Atalissa, Iowa
- Lombard and Elmhurst are “cicada heaven”
- At Lake Geneva at Aurora University the Cicada were EVERYWHERE
- Singing in Wheaton
- Palos Heights is crawling with these things.
- All over the place in Wheeling, IL
- EVERYWHERE in Schiller Park
- Big Foot Beach State Park (southern Wisconsin next to Lake Geneva)
- Aurora,IL
More Blue Eyed Cicada Contest Winners
This entry was submitted by Elias Bonaros and Barbara Rzeszutek, taken in Deerfield, IL:
This entry was submitted by Chris Owen, taken at Lemon Lake County Park in Cedar lake, IN:
A couple of nice cicada photos from Joe Balynas
Click the images for larger versions:
Mating cicadas:
A female cicada getting ready to lay some eggs:
A Huge mass of cicada exuvia:
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June 15, 2007
Exuvia mania
Joe Balynas sent us this picture of a mass of cicada exuvia (aka shells, skins, crisps). Make sure you click the image for the awesome larger version.
Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green
Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green
Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Magicicada song by Joe Green
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June 14, 2007
Clever Cicada Photo Art
Composite photo by Joyce Dinello, La Grange Park, IL. Contact Joyce at joycedinello@sbcglobal.net.
June 13, 2007
Emergence Update for June 13th
Locations:
- Still strong in Lombard and Hinsdale
- Valparaiso Indiana
- Like a horror movie on La Grange road
- All over the downtown of Elmhurst
- Des Plaines River Forest Preserves on Lake Ave., just east of River Road
- Brookfield is infested
- Marseilles is full of them!
- The forest preserve just south of the tollway and the Cumberland exit
- Tons of cicadas near the Purdue-North Central campus in Westville
- North Ave in Elmhurst between York Rd & Rt 83, also southside of I290 on the way to Oak Park & on Irving Park Rd in the Forest Preserves in Schiller Park
Photos:
Some great photos on flickr by Catt: Cicada on a Pine Cone, Cicada on a Pine Cone, Cicada on a Shell!
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