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June 19, 2007

More Blue Eyed Cicada Contest Winners

Filed under: Brood XIII | Elias Bonaros | Eye Color | Magicicada — Dan @ 4:21 pm

This entry was submitted by Elias Bonaros and Barbara Rzeszutek, taken in Deerfield, IL:

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:

blue eyed cicadas

A couple of nice cicada photos from Joe Balynas

Filed under: Brood XIII | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 4:11 pm

Click the images for larger versions:

Mating cicadas:

Joe Balynas 2007

A female cicada getting ready to lay some eggs:

Joe Balynas 2007

Joe Balynas 2007

Joe Balynas 2007

A Huge mass of cicada exuvia:

A Huge mass of cicada exuvia:

June 15, 2007

Exuvia mania

Filed under: Brood XIII | Exuvia | Magicicada — Dan @ 9:56 pm

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.

exuvia

See all Joe’s Magicicada photos.

Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green

Filed under: Audio, Sounds, Songs | Brood XIII | Joe Green | Magicicada | Video — Dan @ 8:50 am

Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green

Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Magicicada song by Joe Green

Magicicada song by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Magicicada flying slo-motion by Roy Troutman

Filed under: Magicicada | Roy Troutman | Video — Dan @ 8:41 am

Here is a video of an adult magicicada taking off for flight:

Magicicada flying slo-motion from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.

Magicicada mating

Filed under: Magicicada | Mating | Roy Troutman | Video — Dan @ 8:37 am

In this video we see a male and female Magicicada cicada mating.

Magicicada mating from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.

Magicicada laying eggs

Filed under: Magicicada | Ovipositing | Roy Troutman | Video — Dan @ 8:32 am

In this video we see a Magicicada cicada ovipositing:

Magicicada laying eggs from Roy Troutman.

June 14, 2007

Clever Cicada Photo Art

Filed under: Brood XIII | Photos & Illustrations | Pop Culture — Dan @ 9:38 am

Cicada Invasion

Composite photo by Joyce Dinello, La Grange Park, IL. Contact Joyce at joycedinello@sbcglobal.net.

June 13, 2007

Cicada Mobile

Filed under: Brood XIII | Pop Culture — Dan @ 9:50 pm

It’s the Lake County Forest Preserves Cicada Mobile!

Emergence Update for June 13th

Filed under: Brood XIII — Dan @ 5:15 pm

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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