CICADAS
CICADAS
PERIODICAL CICADAS
CICADAS LINKS
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SECTION 1
CICADAS
Cicada, (family Cicadidae), any of a group of sound-producing insects
(order Homoptera) that have two pairs of membranous wings, prominent
compound eyes, and three simple eyes (ocelli). Cicadas are medium to
large in size, ranging from 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2 inches). Male cicadas
produce loud noises by vibrating membranes (tymbals) near the base of
the abdomen. Most North American cicadas produce rhythmical ticks,
buzzes, or whines, although in some species the “song” is musical.
Eggs are usually laid in woody plant tissues that drop from the plant
when, or shortly after, the eggs hatch. Newly hatched nymphs burrow
into the ground where they suck juices from roots of perennial plants.
Nymphs usually undergo five molts during the several years required
to reach maturity. Although not ordinarily considered a pest, the
females, if numerous, may damage young saplings during their egg
laying.
Cicada
https://www.britannica.com/animal/cicada
Cicada
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/cicada
Cicadas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
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Dr Metcalf:
a resource on cicadas,
leafhoppers, planthoppers,
spittlebugs, and treehoppers
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/digital/metcalf/index.html
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SECTION 2
PERIODICAL
CICADAS
13 OR 17 YEAR BROODS
PERIODICAL VS. ANNUAL CICADAS
Periodical cicadas are insects that emerge as broods every 13 or 17 years,
depending on the brood. Mass emergences can range over several states. They
generally start emerging in May and remain above ground through most of June.
The enormous number of cicadas emerging at one time swamps birds and other
cicada predators with more juicy insect food than they can consume. This
allows most of the cicadas in the brood to survive and produce another
generation that will live in the ground for the next 13 or 17 years.
Periodical cicadas are different from the familiar annual cicadas, also
called “dog-day cicadas,” which emerge from the ground every year and make
their droning noise during the heat of late summer.
PERIODICAL CICADAS
https://mdc.mo.gov/trees-plants/diseases-pests/periodical-cicadas
Periodical
cicadas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cicadas
Active Periodical
Cicada Broods of
the United States
https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/docs/CicadaBroodStaticMap.pdf
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SECTION 3
CICADAS
LINKS
Billions of cicadas have waited 17 years for 2021
https://bgr.com/2021/01/26/cicadas-us-17-year-brood/
Cicadas
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6970
Cicadas
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/Index.html
Cicadas
https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/cicadas
Cicada Central
http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/projects/cicada/cc.php
Cicada Mania
http://www.cicadamania.com/
Cicadas of Florida
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bugs/cicadas.htm
Cicadas of the Mid-Atlantic
http://cicadas.info/
Greater Cincinnati Cicada Information
http://inside.msj.edu/academics/faculty/kritskg/cicada/Site/Cicada_home.html
Magicicada.org
http://www.magicicada.org/
Massachusetts Cicadas
http://www.masscic.org/
National Geographic Cicada Page (for kids)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/cicada/#cicada-white-background.jpg
Periodical Cicadas:
https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/cicadas.html
Roar of the Cicada
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1905553
Song recordings and information
of cicadas of the United States and Canada
http://www.insectsingers.com/100th_meridian_cicadas/index.html
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Know
Your
Insects
http://www.knowyourinsects.org/index.html
Bug
Guide
https://bugguide.net/
Entomological
Society of
America
https://www.entsoc.org/
Bugwoodwiki
https://wiki.bugwood.org/Main_Page
Numbers
of
Insects
(Species and Individuals)
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/bugnos
Journey
North
https://journeynorth.org/
American Museum
of Natural History
https://www.amnh.org/
Global Biodiversity
Information Facility
http://www.gbif.org/
Insects
http://amazingfacts4u.com/category/insects/
Inaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/
Critter Catalog
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/
The
Encyclopedia
of Life
http://eol.org/
The Xerces
Society
http://www.xerces.org/
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