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Periodical cicadas can contract fungal infections… and it’s no exaggeration to say that the fungus turns them into zombies!| Periodical Cicada Information Pages
Biodiversity collections are an important part of the periodical cicada project. This article discusses how UCONN’s Biodiversity collections have important holdings that have been important for undertstanding the extinction of Brood XI. Rediscovered Photos, an Unlabeled Jar Full of Cicadas, and an App| Periodical Cicada Information Pages
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The first vehicle I used for the mapping project was a 1991 Ford Explorer sport. This vehicle was great off road, not so much on the highway. It lasted for ...| cicadas.uconn.edu
In 2025, Brood XIV, which among the largest of all 17-year periodical cicada broods, will emerge. To learn more about periodical cicadas, explore our websit ...| cicadas.uconn.edu
New 13-year Pharaoh Cicada M. neotredecim and its sister species, M. septendecim, are consistently distinguishable only in life cycle length. This species i ...| cicadas.uconn.edu
Following is a list of the literature used in the construction of this website: Alexander, R. D. 1967. Acoustical communication in arthropods. Annual Review ...| cicadas.uconn.edu
The Great Southern Brood Brood XIX is arguably the largest (by geographic extent) of all periodical cicada broods, with records along the east coast from Ma ...| cicadas.uconn.edu
What is a brood? The concept of a periodical cicada "brood" is more a bookkeeping construct than a biological reality. Broods are best thought of ...| cicadas.uconn.edu
The Northern Illinois Brood Brood XIII was historically recorded in Michigan, and older maps (Marlatt 1923; Simon 1988) show intriguing populations followin ...| cicadas.uconn.edu