Cicada ManiaPaula King’s son found this cicada in Villa Park, IL. In the picture they eyes are white, but Paula observed that the eye color would actually vacillate between blue and white over the course of time. That’s an important observation.
Here’s another picture from Paula of a cicada with mustard colored eyes:
This photos of a blue-eyed Magicicada was taken by Maria Wagner in Downers Grove, IL.
A photo of cicadas mating by Christina T.
Cicada Mania, best of 2007, part 1 by Dan from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Cicada Mania Best of 2007 part 2 by Dan from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Cicada Mania, Best of 2007, part 3 by Dan from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
The following videos chronicle the Brood XIII Magicicada emergence in 2007 at the Forrest Preserve park outside of Chicago. The videos are by Roy Troutman.
Crowd watching Magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.
Observing magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.
Observing Magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.
Another cicada photo from the Ryerson Woods.
This should have been part 2 yesterday:
Locations
News
What Makes Cicadas So Loud? (The Daily Green).
Why so many deformed cicadas? and How to Dispose of Cicadas (The Chicago Gardener).
Video
Collecting MadVideos — Brood XIII cicadas arrive in Wisconsin.
Cicada video (by Love is the most excellent way). See and hear them!
Daily Nightly’s Chicago Cicadas.
Blogs
A handful of cicada photos (by ThreadStory)
More cicada photos (by Superhua)
Great pictures of seagulls swarming a suburb to get at cicadas. Plus, a picture of the coolest Christmas tree ever.
Invasion: Cicada on a Car Tire.
Symphony of cicadas. Now appearing in 60532.
Return of the Cicadas. Cool picture!
Here are two photos from the Cicada Mania festival by Roy Troutman:
An orange eyed Magicicada:
3 nymphs crawling up a tree limb:
Here’s a picture of two Magicicada mating from Michael Fiorenzo. Photos taken in LaGrange.
