| 单词 | cicada |
| 例句 | He heard his babas voice, but other things too: a bullfrog’s croak, the buzz of a thousand cicadas, creatures he couldn’t name. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Alex sits and listens to the cicadas and the water and his dad’s rough ranger voice, and when his dad slumps off to bed, June’s songbird one. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That afternoon on the way home from the store: light angling through the trees, cicadas clattering high in the branches, the twins racing and laughing with Wash, her not needing to say anything. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we snuggled into our sleeping bags and said good night—and after that, all we could hear was the loud screech of cicadas and crickets. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The creature made horrible click, click, click noises like an enormous, slow-motion cicada. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I walk out around back, a wall of heat and cicada noise hitting me, and sit down beside him, grass crunchy and wet beneath my hands and soaking right into my jeans. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Soon the sun was dipping low in the sky, and the cicadas were singing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He called a cicada to his finger and said, “Welcome, Sister Cicada. Praise God with your joyful music.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Or if Joe Pepitone and I were walking side by side trading stories, and then we stopped for a while and threw in the field with the cicadas. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The cicadas hummed their one-note song, just as they had at home in Florida. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The cicadas rose up, and I ran with bare feet across the grass. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the sounds of the marsh answered, croaking frogs and singing cicadas. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I listened to the frogs and the crickets and the cicadas. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He tumbled lifelessly through July, feeling as dry and empty as the cicada husks on the trees. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I could hear the sour histling of the cicadas in the trees around the house, the crickets in the field. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The sound of the cicada only served to underline the enormous silence. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But the blue of the air went forever, and when the houses gave out and the road passed into the open field and there was just the sound of cicadas, Marysville didn't seem so bad. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I had a feeling he wasn’t listening to anything but the sound of my voice, a comforting background noise as meaningless as a cicada’s song. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Often the only companions along the path would be the lizards scurrying off in the dust or the cicadas screeching in the bush. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Crickets sang in the grass at their feet; cicadas buzzed in the trees overhead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even from a hundred feet up, Frank could hear the drone of cicadas buzzing in the trees—a sleepy, otherworldly sound that made his eyes heavy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A humming like a cicada’s tune whispers on the breeze. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The cicadas’ hum throbbed like a heartbeat on an ultrasound. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Had a sudden army of cicadas arrived already? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Tree branches dance to the songs of the rustling leaves and cicadas. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The cicadas have started their trilling, and the bats swoop down and up as if graphing the bristling excitement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Throwing back and forth, and the sound of cicadas and bees and high-up birds and the leather smell of our gloves and the ball smacking into them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Not for the first time, Leo was struck by how similar Greece was to his home state of Texas - the low hills, the scrubby trees, the drone of cicadas and the oppressive summer heat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I listened for sounds of birds or cicadas...or rattlers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As my mother and I approached the summer heat bore down on us, and a cicada started up, like an aerial lawnmower, in the heart of a copper beech tree at the back. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It is faint, at first, joining the buzz of cicadas. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The cicadas were going crazy, filling the air with their strange brand of singing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sounds of tree frogs and cicadas filled the still night. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The cicadas in the trees had gone quiet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When we didn’t speak, Aileen hummed so softly and warmly, I thought of the cicadas and the crickets singing at dusk in the dust and hayseed of Uncle Earl’s farm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t tell you how happy I was that night,” he tells me, his voice even smaller now, hard to hear over all the cicadas and the river and the breeze rustling through the trees. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z At first I wonder why the bugs would be active this late at night, but then I realize it ain’t cicadas. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But the night was not silent; the little tree frogs that lived near the stream twittered like birds, and the high metallic ringing of the cicadas filled the mountain cleft. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It was summertime, very hot and dusty outside, and I could hear cicadas crying in the yard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The cicadas and the wind and the lake are probably still making sounds, somewhere, but it’s all faded into silence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The noise of crickets and cicadas filled the dark air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The harsh cicada seemed to take up its melody, and the twittering tree frogs called little phrases of it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The drone of cicadas in sun and the cries of birds gave way to silence and coolness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was nothing outside of him, not even the grating of cicadas, not even the gray-bodied trees. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I miss the hot sun on the back of my neck and how now the racket of cicadas, seems like no sound at all. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Everything is silent apart from the cicadas in the distant trees and the truck engines. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The evening light slanted through the silvery leaves and the air was full of the noise of crickets and cicadas. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sounds of the marsh filtered in through the cracked-open window: frogs croaking, cicadas singing, and the call of screech owls. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It is beginning to get dark, and the air is filled with the chirping of crickets and cicadas. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There was no trill of cicadas or chattering apes in the trees, just a low creaking in the breeze, a whisper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The flag was whipping in the wind, and I could hear the white noise of traffic in the distance, but it was otherwise quiet, the cicadas and crickets silenced by the cold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The leaves shimmer in the heat, and the chitter of cicadas rises across the field. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Just the cicadas and the birds and the flitting of dragonfly wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Late at night, back at Uncle Thomas's house, both of us had a hard time sleeping, given the deep silence, which was punctuated only by cicadas throbbing in the trees. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The crickets and cicadas had faded for the year, leaving the night quiet and undisturbed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Fall cicadas emerge around Nov. 1 each year. Style Invitational Week 1414: Divining comedy — the year in preview 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z A professional photographer, Ware captured a beautiful close-up of a cicada one recent Friday. Cicadas compete in the Olympics, thanks to this crafty mom and photographer 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z There are over 3,000 cicada species worldwide, and this mysterious, boisterous insect has long been a stirring symbol of death and renewal in literature. Poems of Exile, Introspection and Self-Discovery (Cicadas, Too) 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z And if anyone tries to tell me that cicadas are “just loud, but harmless,” I spin images of insects covering car windshields, causing pile-ups. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z “The Comeback” was waiting to emerge from a nine-year hibernation this whole time, and like a cicada, it is now very loud. “The Comeback”: HBO airs the sharpest critique ever made of HBO 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z With the arrival of warm weather, romance buzzes like cicadas while also overwhelming nearly every form of media. Go ahead, believe in romance: It will make you a happier, more committed partner 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Employing mysticism and grounded imagery, she pays close attention to every detail: the “cosmic monotonous song of the cicada,” “the flowering sea,” “the body of the earth/humming ceaselessly.” Poems of Exile, Introspection and Self-Discovery (Cicadas, Too) 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z So, if you live in a neighborhood that was a field in 2004, or that has few trees, you may see little cicada activity. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Few insects live as long as the periodical cicada. Periodical cicadas are an evolutionary marvel. Enjoy the show. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z There are two reasons so many cicadas appear at the same time. Billions of cicadas are coming! Here’s why that’s actually awesome. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The other is that a sheet of netting needs to be tied together carefully, in a way that keeps the cicadas and other creatures out, especially where it meets the lower trunk. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Anyway, Molly and I harvested 24 live cicadas from her backyard. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Would you like some Brood X with your Dom Pérignon? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Within an hour or two, the periodical cicada will fill out to its adult form, with beady red eyes and glassy wings framed with orange ribs. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The couple stand on a patchy, tree-lined stretch of grass, the rhythmic buzzing of cicadas pulsing around them. How three powerful movies this year took on Virginia’s troubled racial history 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Jack wouldn’t be there to see the cicadas again. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z And scientists are already talking about Brood X, a colony of cicadas that will emerge from their 17-year hibernation to flood the United States this spring. How Many Is a Trillion? 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Many people regard the cicadas as unsettling, but young children and old gardeners, who still find the world a wondrous place, adore them. Perspective | Can retail therapy soothe a gardener unsettled by the crazy spring? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z If you’ve never seen a cicada, get ready to be impressed. Billions of cicadas are coming! Here’s why that’s actually awesome. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Darkness pervades the black box theater, and cicadas carry on conversations in some unseen woods. Review: In ‘Hang Time,’ Lynched Men Tell Finely Tuned Tales 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Though, as Cooley points out, native hardwoods have evolved along with the cicadas, and they have learned to live with them. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z It glided and wailed along the sunset into a wood-canopied rural station full of cicada songs and moist heat and my heart was lost. AL Kennedy: Typing on trains 2010-10-05T07:35:00Z What is more important is what the cicada does not do. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Some are considered pests by humans — Japanese beetle grubs, termites and weevils, for example — but others are beloved or at least beguiling and include the larvae of lightning bugs and cicadas. The zoo beneath our feet: We’re only beginning to understand soil’s hidden world 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Wait until you start to see cicadas emerge from the soil — around mid- to late May — and take the netting off promptly after the females have finished laying eggs and died, about six weeks later. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z We bought him a cicada T-shirt and he wore it for years, a commemoration of this intense, fascinating, yet fleeting time of early childhood. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The air seethed with the sounds of cicadas, frogs, owls and countless other nocturnal creatures vibrating through the night. The Return of the Jaguar 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z “Birds, cicadas, the bees in the clover, the sheep grinding their teeth.” Review: Glenn Close Raises a Saint in ‘Mother of the Maid’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The cicadas droned in the trees, their monotonous buzz somehow adding to the heat. Modern Love: A Love for the Ages, but Which One? 2011-05-12T21:31:23Z We’re not how you left us back in 2004, when you burrowed deep into the ground to get away, when you were but billions of innocent little cicada nymphs. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z We would often moor the boat in a small cove, surrounded by forest, and allow ourselves to be serenaded by the birds and cicadas. A different kind of coasting: Maine to Canada via the Bay of Fundy and St. John River 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z These days, they are loud and everywhere, like cicadas. President Trump didn’t need the State of the Union to speak his mind. He does it all the time. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The female cicadas prefer branches that are roughly between one-quarter and one-half of an inch in diameter, and each individual makes several cuts. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z If possible, start your wedding after 6 p.m., when cicadas are less active, said Dan Mozgai, the founder and owner of Cicada Mania, a cicada information resource website. This Season’s Wedding Crashers: Cicadas 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z I grew up on my parents' sugar cane farm in New South Wales, but koalas are pretty difficult to find there; it was more cane toads and cicadas. Evie Wyld: My desktop 2013-05-07T16:31:00Z Saplings are probably too small to be affected by periodical cicadas. Perspective | The sturdy, steadfast oak is the perfect tree for troubled times 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Figment’s artists designed the miniature-golf course and created a nearby sculpture garden, where objects range from an enormous plastic cicada mounted on a tree to billowing and bulbous inflated tubes and cubes. Governors Island as Playground for the Arts 2010-08-13T00:29:00Z Producer Tucker Martine captures shimmering walls of dragonflies and cicadas across Laos, Thailand and Burma. Need More Nature? Listen to 12 Essential Field Recordings 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Species of oak seem a favored target, but the cicada is not picky. The cicadas are gone, but they left their mark on trees. Here’s what you can do. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z During his early childhood in Kyushu, Japan, his summertime memories included “climbing up trees, following the song of the cicada” to catch one, he said. The Cicadas Are Here. For the Chef Bun Lai, They’re on the Menu. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z If you have a small garden pond, you may want to place a net over it, or be ready to scoop out drowning cicadas as the mood takes you. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z We’re creating a cicada art gallery, and we would like to feature your drawing or painting. Cicada creativity: Help fill our Brood X art gallery 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Handler took a pass on handling a cicada when it was offered to her for a meet-and-greet. Scene City: Party at the Source, in the Hudson Valley 2013-06-25T22:24:25Z And there are the ambiguous nightmares that take Ben back to his Long Island childhood home and the beach nearby, the noise of cicadas and waves of the nearby ocean deafening. ‘Cicada’ Review: A New Relationship Buds as Old Wounds Reopen 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Just leave that poor cicada, Let him find and mate a Lady pest — don’t ingest, don’t ingest! Style Invitational Week 1444: It’s a whole new all-game — name a sport 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Nitmiluk means cicada country in the local Jawoyn Indigenous language and my memory of the trip will forever be set to the soundtrack of cicadas. The Ghan expedition – exploring Australia's great 'in-between' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z The brown husks of the nymph casings pile up in May, and by July, the garden may be littered with dead cicadas, but these can be incorporated into the compost pile. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Small trees, big trees, young trees, old trees, native trees, exotics: It does not matter to a mother cicada driven to perpetuate her species. The cicadas are gone, but they left their mark on trees. Here’s what you can do. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z There is a burr of cicada and birdsong, and the mountains are a distant blue beyond a row of cypress trees. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'Work-wise, Steve's terrific. On a personal level, appalling' 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I were talking about the cicadas, and he asked, "Why are you so worried about them? God will protect us!" Perspective | Miss Manners: You’re not being ‘canceled,’ you’re being criticized 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Detailing an illicit affair in colonial Africa, folded in sheets of ephemeral memory, Gomes’s summer is drenched in sweat, cicadas and Portuguese language covers of the Ronettes – a hypnotic, inhibition-overriding combination. The 10 best summer romance films 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Gender-nonconforming cicadas will be pleasantly surprised at some of the progress made. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z At dusk, the hum of field crickets and cicadas fades out, and the katydids take over for the night shift. Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z At ages 19 and 22, would my grown kids even remember our long cicada hours? Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z While not everyone will respond to the swarms by turning cicadas into a food source, ChouQuette Chocolates & Confections is currently selling their chocolate-covered cicadas. Maryland candy store is selling chocolate-covered cicadas: 'Inundated with orders' 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Besides being delicious, cicadas align with his mission to encourage diners to eat in an environmentally conscious way. The Cicadas Are Here. For the Chef Bun Lai, They’re on the Menu. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Then there were the cicadas; they were chirping so loudly you would’ve thought they were in the band. Damon Locks and the Black Monument Ensemble’s Spiritual, Funky Escape 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Even the cicadas seem to be into it. Cicadas compete in the Olympics, thanks to this crafty mom and photographer 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z There wasn’t anything I couldn’t plan for — except for the job market, and the cicadas. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z One additional layer of “Romanesco Suite” is the recorded sound of trudging feet and the buzz of cicadas, background noise not unlike the electronic sound scores of many contemporary dances. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance Theater Plays BAM Fisher 2013-09-05T20:20:56Z But when it comes to the cicadas, I am inconsolable. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z The summer heat arrived last week — not unusual for Washington in May — causing the roses and nigella to flower and, oh yes, the zombielike eruption of the periodical cicada. Periodical cicadas are an evolutionary marvel. Enjoy the show. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z We read recipes for chocolate-covered cicadas, but never took the plunge. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z About the most uncool thing you could do is try to eradicate the cicadas with insecticides. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z I don’t want to go to work and I don’t want to walk the dog if going to work and walking the dog mean that I must walk inside the cicadas’ ceaseless song. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z Cicadas occur throughout most of the world, but the periodical cicadas that emerge only every 13 to 17 years in huge numbers are restricted to eastern North America. How to survive a plague 2013-05-14T12:11:00Z Different broods emerge in different parts of the country in different years. This is a map of where upcoming cicada broods will be. How to survive a plague 2013-05-14T12:11:00Z The shot, she says, was well executed, but it looked just like all the other cicada photos people were taking. Cicadas compete in the Olympics, thanks to this crafty mom and photographer 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Grasshoppers, cicadas, cockroaches, and yes, dragonflies, are all examples of incomplete metamorphosis, also called non-holometabolous. Dragonflies, Beetles, Cicadas — What’s Not to Love? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The birds are mostly quiet and the cicadas and frogs rev themselves up, as everyone slaps on Rid against the mosquitoes. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z There are those who drift off by instructing their Amazon Alexa or Google Home to play recordings of babbling brooks and cicadas. Tools for Sleeping Well While Traveling 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Eventually I discovered cicadas were basically a suburban event, and that’s when I found Molly. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Would you like some Brood X with your Dom Pérignon? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z His fantastical kingdom of "mute cicadas and imperishable people" was part of the medieval tradition of a mirror in which the whole world was reflected. The Light and the Dark by Mikhail Shishkin – review 2013-03-13T15:49:39Z In that country, cicadas symbolize summer and rebirth. The Cicadas Are Here. For the Chef Bun Lai, They’re on the Menu. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The life cycle of this Chinese species is not yet known, but most cicadas live two to five years. New to Nature No 9: Sinotympana incomparabilis 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z There are “trigger warnings” for pieces that feature particularly large — or multiple — photos of cicadas. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z “It’s a tip of your hat to the cicada.” A Bug’s Second Life 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z This year, the cicadas coincide with a triptych of human-born pestilence. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z And you spend an hour of pure, natural magic with the clarinetist David Rothenberg as he stands in a field creating a collaborative song cycle with cicadas. Museum & Gallery Listings for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z On the up side, cicadas only sing during the day, making it possible to sleep at night. How to survive a plague 2013-05-14T12:11:00Z On set the crew was hushed, the only sound the clicking of cicadas in some nearby oak trees and the water lapping at the dock. Melissa McCarthy's star power helps her go out on a limb with 'Tammy' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z If you’re adamant about keeping cicadas away while you eat and dance outdoors, consider setting up an enclosed tent for the reception, Mr. Joshi said. This Season’s Wedding Crashers: Cicadas 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Once the soil reaches a certain temperature, all the cicadas in that part of the country will emerge synchronously within about two weeks of each other. How to survive a plague 2013-05-14T12:11:00Z Sori smells like fresh pesto and though it’s the biggest town by area, the constant soundtrack of cicadas makes it easy to feel much farther from Genoa than nine miles. Scenes From an Italian Summer 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z That buzz at the Washington Ballet gala wasn’t the cicadas. The Washington Ballet bounces back with the capital’s first post-pandemic gala 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z In the extreme case of certain periodic cicadas, synchronized broods emerge once each 13 or 17 years. New to Nature No 9: Sinotympana incomparabilis 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z A handful of relatives sat amid rows of empty folding chairs and the insistent sound of cicadas. My Search for Lost Time in a Slice of Jewish Rye 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Farley wasn’t chasing away errant cicadas or instructing the dancers to leap higher. Washington Ballet concludes its virtual season with a breath of fresh air, captured on film 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z I extended a finger to one such cicada and placed it on top of a wall, but not before admiring its decorative architecture. Periodical cicadas are an evolutionary marvel. Enjoy the show. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The sun beats down and the cicadas sing all around us. Shot at, beaten, starved: the child refugees who will stop at nothing to reach Europe 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Amid all these practical considerations, don’t forget to ponder the miracle of the cicada’s long absence followed by its moment in the sun. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z When Daudet is unsuccessful in discovering the source of an old proverb, a fife player advises him to seek it in “the cicadas’ library,” meaning a field where one lies on one’s back and contemplates. Cicadas, Average Human Lifespan and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z She compares Jared’s friends to “cicadas without the bonus years of dormancy” who were “multiplying like gremlins.” The Essays Are Personal. The Truths Are Universal. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z At dusk, the cicada buzz sounded like electricity pulsing through the palms. A Family Adventure in Medical Tourism 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Fall is prime tree-planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? The small city farm: An oasis in food deserts, during the pandemic and beyond 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Night falls quickly here in the tropics, and the sounds of cicadas starting up and a member of the housekeeping staff singing on her rounds mean a sense of peace descends rapidly too. Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo, where paradise is a leaky canoe without a paddle 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z “I welcomed and was spiritually fascinated by the cicada that just crawled across my finger,” she said, holding a flute of pink pétillant naturel. Washington Society Steps Back Out 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Periodical cicadas, which is what we call the cicada varieties that emerge in huge batches every 13 or 17 years, occur only in the United States. Billions of cicadas are coming! Here’s why that’s actually awesome. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z On Sunday at noon, a group will meet at the Martling Avenue Bridge in Clove Lakes Park for a two-hour tutorial in spotting and counting cicadas. Weekend Miser: A Cicada Celebration at the Staten Island Museum 2013-06-13T19:08:25Z Just before it was done baking, he covered the top with cicadas, which provided a pepperoni-like crunch. The Cicadas Are Here. For the Chef Bun Lai, They’re on the Menu. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z I could hear the cicadas and the bats, the rain washing through the trees. The Cool, Wild and Very Remote Andaman Islands 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z When the periodical cicadas begin to arrive in May in the Mid-Atlantic, one thing will be different from their parents’ appearance in 2004. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Items like Line Vautrin’s ruff style necklace of cellulose acetate, metal and mirror shards, or Michele Oka Doner’s bronze and diamond talisman necklace are as fragile as cicadas’ wings. Art’s New Perch: Your Neck, Not Your Wall 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z On Saturday at 10 a.m., a group will meet at Meisner and Rockland Avenues to tour Buck’s Hollow, where previous cicada species were found. Weekend Miser: A Cicada Celebration at the Staten Island Museum 2013-06-13T19:08:25Z “I can’t even hear the cicadas over the sound of yr / judgment,” he writes. New & Noteworthy 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z All was silent but for the humming of cicadas, all was still apart from the sultry breeze, and all was dark, except for the green flashing lights on the giant construction crane hovering overhead. Maja Hoffmann Fights to Build Her Cultural Capital in Arles, France 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Correction: An earlier version of this essay referred to the “millions and millions” of cicada nymphs that burrowed underground in the 2004 Brood X appearance. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z As for what the world will look like the next time the cicadas make their presence known, Oliver isn’t quite sure. John Oliver Updates the Cicadas on Everything They Missed Over the Last 17 Years 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z With different countries having individual lucky emblems from a four-leaf clover to a unicorn, Van Cleef had fun with the gems, showing jeweled clips of cicadas or lily of the valley. Bedazzled at the Place Vendôme 2012-07-09T12:37:02Z The difference is that we understand that cicadas are actually edible. Style Invitational Week 1435: Who needs Peeps when we have CICADAS? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The exhibition ends with a room full of dresses designed by Issey Miyake, pleated forms that recall creatures from the monkey to the cicada to the starfish. Review | Cute puppies and octopus sex: A Japanese art exhibition reveals our fascination with animals 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z We had little access to exotic butterflies, so our pinboard was covered with dragonflies, beetles, cicadas and houseflies. We’ve been children together, my daughter and me 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Experts estimate that trillions of cicadas will rise from underground this summer, according to a report from the Associated Press. Maryland candy store is selling chocolate-covered cicadas: 'Inundated with orders' 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z She said you may also consider a device not available to earlier generations of Americans and Native Americans whose lives coincided with periodical cicada emergences: noise-canceling headphones. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Hoyaken is stocked with magazines and bilingual glossaries of “kigo,” haiku words used to connote the season like cicada for summer, scarecrow for autumn and the winter-blooming camellia. In Japan, Haiku on the Rocks 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The Empress didn’t insist on dioramas; any humorous artwork was eligible as long as it included at least one real cicada or nymph exoskeleton. The Style Invitational: A bug’s laugh — cicada ‘art’ winners 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z It is more poignant if we look at this phenomenon from the standpoint of the cicada. Periodical cicadas are an evolutionary marvel. Enjoy the show. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Now, Ms. Reynolds is filling orders for significantly more customers, who want to commemorate the 17-year cicada, she said. A Bug’s Second Life 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The sound design by Yury Vavilov is also excellent, the sharp chirping of cicadas or the pronounced drip of rain down a windowpane accentuating the slow crawl of time in the countryside. | 'Uncle Vanya': Maly Drama Performs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2010-04-08T22:50:00Z Of course, there are crickets, cicadas and birds. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z Better, perhaps, to inject some rationality into the event, especially as the Brood X cicada relates to our yards and gardens. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z I start with a nice burry mix of cicadas, and blend it with thunder and rain. Can an app guarantee a good night’s sleep? I tested them to find out 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Evenings are alive and teeming; alight with swarms of stinging insects and cicadas screaming over the subtle symphonies of cricket song. Don’t write off Mississippi: Before you dismiss us as “a garbage state,” listen to the queer Southerners you’re leaving behind 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z She gave me a jasmine vine that entwined with our deck, waxy yellow blooms that burst open with fragrance in summer when the cicadas trilled at a fever pitch. The First (and Last) Time She Didn’t Come Home 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z And considering that cicadas emerge in droves of up to 1.4 million per acre, it’s no surprise that they are invading outdoor weddings. This Season’s Wedding Crashers: Cicadas 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Outside, the cicadas loudly buzzed and the scent of sun-baked oregano wafted through the car window. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The cicadas are genuinely beautiful in their freakish way. Perspective | Can retail therapy soothe a gardener unsettled by the crazy spring? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Waving our thanks, we start a climb that will lead us into the fragrant wilds of the Mediterranean’s sunny scenery, the steady hum of cicadas interrupted only by the singsong calls of a goatherd. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Mayme Kratz, an inveterate backpacker and observer of nature, creates images in resins, incorporating within her work seed pods, grasses, cicada wings and other items collected in gardens and woods. Review: Artists pack a range of emotion in 'My Summer Vacation' at Winston W?chter in Seattle 2010-08-05T20:36:00Z I took a walk through the neighborhood to see whether our feverish anticipation of the event matched reality, at least in the first of the cicadas’ few weeks of winged adulthood. Periodical cicadas are an evolutionary marvel. Enjoy the show. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z This particular arm involves sleeper agents placed around the world, men and women dubbed “cicadas,” that are suddenly being reactivated. USA’s Bourne spinoff “Treadstone” feels retro and exactly what’s needed today 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z One of Ms. Handler’s tablemates was taking a self-portrait with a cicada, a larger-than-large insect with beady red eyes that turns upevery 17 years. Scene City: Party at the Source, in the Hudson Valley 2013-06-25T22:24:25Z The cicada has all the primeval panoply to feed this panic, with its orange-veined wings, black body, beady red eyes and sheer size. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Dawn meditation among a medley of cicada song and jasmine blossom provided a sense of peace I still often think about. 10 life-changing retreats worldwide: readers’ travel tips 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z What’s the high end for the number of cicadas we can expect? How Many Is a Trillion? 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z “It depicts the sounds of the cicada in the night,” Choo said, “which was a sound that was very common in the early times of Singapore, when it was still a village.” An action movie with a twist 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z In a few short weeks, the cicadas will be dead husks moldering on the ground. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z I imagine walking into the office with cicadas clinging to my jacket; the image is as crisp, as lived-in as my memories of walking into homeroom with bruises under my clothes. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z And get some earplugs as a buffer to the cacophony of the male cicada, which seeks to draw a mate with a chirping that can reach more than 100 decibels. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z There is a “musical scandal of crickets and cicadas.” Books of The Times: ‘The Sound of Things Falling,’ by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2013-07-30T17:03:23Z Birds chatter and trill, and cicadas do their weird whirring thing, possibly their attempt to impart secrets about the dark side of female desire. The Beguiled Explores the Dark Side of Female Desire 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s the sound of cicadas, we later learn, making the calls they do every so many years just before dying. Theater Review: In ‘Appropriate,’ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Subverts Tradition 2014-03-17T02:00:16Z Our 5,000-metre trek up a jungle mountain wall was accompanied by cicadas – their frenzied cacophony fading the higher we climbed – and dozens of butterflies flecked in amethyst, periwinkle, canary yellow and zebra stripes. Laos town known for drunkenness and tourist deaths cleans up its act 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z From a practical standpoint, it’s probably best to delay your tree-planting ceremony this year until late summer in the Mid-Atlantic, after the periodical cicada fiesta. Perspective | The sturdy, steadfast oak is the perfect tree for troubled times 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z My fear takes the shape of the cicadas’ song: a single click before it becomes an ever-present buzz, and then, for weeks on end, it’s a full-throated thrumming. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z It appears that the fifth scene, a rant by Mr. Papoutsas against noisy cicadas, might be purposefully funny. Dance Review: Dagmar Spain/Dance Imprints at Danspace Project 2012-06-25T21:29:17Z In the last heady spring and summer of my childhood, my greatest concern about the cicadas was whether one would get stuck in my 1980s hair spray during graduation on the football field. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z At the risk of making you sound like the aforementioned cicadas, Miss Manners suggests that you just keep chirping away, repeating how happy you are to be back together after all that time. Perspective | Miss Manners: You’re not being ‘canceled,’ you’re being criticized 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z “Of course I’m in a good mood today. It’s the first day of summer. Seriously, I heard so many White Claws crack open today I thought the — I thought the cicadas were back.” Trevor Noah Calls Out Rudy Giuliani for Being ‘Thirsty’ 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The garden will be littered with the carcasses of three species of spent cicadas. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z We hear the soft sound of mourning doves and the mumblings of chickens in a nearby coop, and sometimes the whirring of cicadas. ‘The Yearling’ author’s homestead is a doorway to a quirky Florida subculture 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z There are those who drift off by instructing their Amazon Echo or Google Home to play recordings of babbling brooks and cicadas. Fight jet lag and travel-induced insomnia with these apps and gadgets 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The point is, cicada damage is rarely fatal or lasting, and the most prone plants — young trees — are easily netted. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z A simple Google search for “fear of cicadas” yields more than a million results; there are more than two million hits for “phobia of cicadas.” I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z Using a keyboard to change the pitch of recorded cicada sounds, participants will create their own works, recorded on the tiny modules found in musical greeting cards. A Quirky Design Fair Finds a New Home: Governors Island 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z As we learned more about cicadas, I pondered what I saw as their odd, grim lives. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Then the cicadas came, and with them, a true sense of the end of days. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z Friends, mostly transplants from outside the D.C. area, saw the cicadas as a frightening display they’d rather avoid. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z In the years since Jack’s death, when I would see a random cicada, it was with a mixture of pain and sweetness. Perspective | My son loved the cicadas. I’m finally ready to love them again. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z “It was actually quite fun to lean into the cicada theme,” Ms. Migaki said. This Season’s Wedding Crashers: Cicadas 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Lai’s hope with these dinners is to pay homage to the global prevalence of cicada consumption while normalizing insect eating in the United States, where the practice is often stigmatized. The Cicadas Are Here. For the Chef Bun Lai, They’re on the Menu. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z While cicadas are a sustainable food, Mr. Lai is also interested in focusing on invasive insect species, like locusts. The Cicadas Are Here. For the Chef Bun Lai, They’re on the Menu. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? The American Horticultural Society faces its uncertain future, uneasily 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z To “Be Our Guest” — see Sarah Walsh’s own video Don’t ingest, don’t ingest, Though cicadas crunch the best! Style Invitational Week 1444: It’s a whole new all-game — name a sport 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Nature sounds abound: cicadas, frogs, crickets, rain, thunder, leaves, footfall. Retreating for the Summer, but Not Heading Backward 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Rothenberg will be joined by more human performers, including the avant-garde composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros, to mingle with cicada sounds from around the world. ArtsBeat: Audio: Making Music With Cicadas 2013-05-21T17:24:15Z “Sometimes I think of health,” he wrote, “as a great land full of sun and cicadas.” Perspective | Can retail therapy soothe a gardener unsettled by the crazy spring? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Apart from killing honeybees and other beneficial insects, a pesticide would poison a cicada eaten by a bird, or a pet. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Alas, this was the year of a 17-year cicada brood, so pockets of the suburbs were all but coated in cicada shells. Perspective | Where do you read books? I read at the mall. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The first, Cicada Symphony, will translate into “a swarm of kids making cicada music,” said Kyle Luntz, an interdisciplinary artist and Beam Center project designer. A Quirky Design Fair Finds a New Home: Governors Island 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z She is a PR person for the stately D.C. restaurant the Old Ebbitt Grill, and I wondered if she might get a chef there to cook me some cicadas. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Would you like some Brood X with your Dom Pérignon? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z In the final poem, “Testimony,” Giannisi writes: “You, cicada/you don’t exist anymore/I’m coming to find you.” Poems of Exile, Introspection and Self-Discovery (Cicadas, Too) 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Now, her jokes are met with chirping birds and buzzing cicadas, which “Full Frontal” preserves as background noise. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z And cicadas, don’t expect to eat carbohydrates or see Cosby Show reruns. John Oliver Updates the Cicadas on Everything They Missed Over the Last 17 Years 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Wait, cicadas, hush — we’re just getting started, we only have about 200 or 300 other shows to foist upon you. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Unlike cicadas, June bugs are an annual nuisance. You’ll Want These June Bugs to Pay a Visit 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Birds, pets and other animals may well ingest the poisons when they eat targeted cicadas. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z If a co-worker laments the sudden frequency of storms, I tell them to be grateful for the rain; it’s held the cicadas underground. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z The most striking effect recalls in high writing for strings the legend of cicadas weeping after Zapata's death. An uneven evening at Grant Park for de la Parra 2011-07-10T07:00:00Z There will be so many transient cicadas over a month or more that you would have to continually reach for the sprayer. The cicadas are coming. But gardeners need not panic. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z How to survive a plague Topics: , , North America, Locusts, , As you’ve surely seen, the East Coast is preparing for a pending cicada invasion. How to survive a plague 2013-05-14T12:11:00Z I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught Topics: Cicadas, , , , I hadn’t begun to worry about the locusts until the end of winter. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z To get the low-down on what the upcoming cicada onslaught will be like, I exchanged some emails with Dr. Angie Shelton, a biology professor at Indiana University. How to survive a plague 2013-05-14T12:11:00Z The cicadas are so loud that she wonders if one is actually caught inside her body. She Tumbled Into a Hole, and Her World Broke Open 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Though often bolstered by studio trickery, Irv Teibel’s pioneering “Environments” albums in the 1960s and ’70s helped popularize the idea of lapping waves, rustling leaves and chirping cicadas as a relaxing slice of audio tourism. Need More Nature? Listen to 12 Essential Field Recordings 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The cicadas served as a reminder that nature can surprise us, that it can annoy and enoble, disgust and enlighten. A Summer of Buzzing Bugs, Tunes or Mets’ Losses 2013-08-29T21:54:01Z “Every morning, there are 20 cicadas lined up on the fence,” Ware says, “and I think, ‘Okay, these are the ones that want to be photographed today.’ Cicadas compete in the Olympics, thanks to this crafty mom and photographer 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z At first, she kept her cicada earrings simple: just the wing, coated in resin. A Bug’s Second Life 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Seventeen- and 13-year periodical cicadas appear in many states east of the Great Plains, but they are staggered from calendar year to year by brood. Perspective | Fall is prime tree planting season, but what about next spring’s cicada eruption? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Two contests still running — deadline for both is Monday night, May 24: — Make a diorama or other funny artwork including at least one cicada or casing. Style Invitational Week 1437: One-offs — a ‘typo’ neologism contest 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Sure, I had a peripheral awareness that a brood of cicadas was expected to swallow up the Northeast come summer. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z Male cicadas, in contrast, "sing" by rapidly vibrating special ribbed membranes on their exoskeleton called tymbals. New to Nature No 9: Sinotympana incomparabilis 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z After a while rain makes me worry I want the bathroom, so I add “campfire”, which sparks subconscious safety concerns, so I return to just thunder and cicadas. Can an app guarantee a good night’s sleep? I tested them to find out 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z And although sobriety prevailed, there was exquisite comic release provided by a stray music-loving cicada, which often sang along with uncanny timing. Review: Arvo Pärt and 9/11, Paired at the Metropolitan Museum 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z We will make sure that, as proud cicadas, you feel seen and heard. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z What a wonder, then, that these book lovers should rise from their comfy chairs, abandon their nooks and swarm together in celebration — like cicadas emerging from the ground to meet their literary mates. The book is dead. Long live the book festival. 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to reproduce in eastern North American deciduous forests. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z While Brood X, the largest of the cicada broods, was still preparing to emerge, Lill and Weiss wondered what the massive numbers of cicadas would mean for caterpillars. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Wong photographs cicadas near her home and posts the images to citizen science apps, some of which are even cicada-specific, like Cicada Safari. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z At night, cicadas buzzed and fireflies lit up the sky. Dream interrupted: As gang violence soars in Mexico, migrants in U.S. rethink plans to go home 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Many Texans are familiar with the chorus of cicadas that fills the air on the hottest days of early July. Heat Endures in the Southwest as the Monsoon Season Lags 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The research team says this is one of only a few studies that has explored the indirect effects of periodical cicada emergence events on forest food webs. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Every 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the soil in the eastern United States to climb trees, mate, and lay eggs. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Many of these sightings are of annual cicadas, potato chip-size insects with green-tinted wings that pop out of the ground, usually starting in June. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z I picture the rock bass darting through the sunbeams in the water and hear the cicadas humming in the trees. One Planet, Two Crises: Tackling Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Fight for Our Future 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s not that individual cicadas are louder than they were before, said Allen F. Sanborn, an emeritus professor of biology at Barry University in Miami who retired to central Texas. Heat Endures in the Southwest as the Monsoon Season Lags 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Periodical cicada emergence events only last for about five to seven weeks. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “It really adds to the big picture of cicadas,” says Gene Kritsky, an entomologist at Mount St. Joseph University. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z They’re a different beast from periodical cicadas, red-eyed animals that emerge from the soil in the millions to create an ear-splitting chorus of clicks for about a month before they die. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijacks the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more. How Zombifying Fungi Became Master Manipulators 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z While the cicadas are singing, tens of thousands of people are sweltering. Heat Endures in the Southwest as the Monsoon Season Lags 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The research team collected data before, during, and after the cicada emergence, deploying decoy caterpillars to track bird feeding patterns. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Many species of cicada appear every year, chirping and buzzing through summer days. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Fifteen different periodical cicada groups, or "broods," live in forests across the eastern U.S., emerging in 13- to 17-year cycles. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Visiting ghosts ride the rhythmic cadences of nighttime cicadas. Murdaugh verdict: Jury of ordinary citizens in South Carolina shows us the way 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Unlike their xylem-guzzling relatives cicadas, sharpshooters don’t spray their waste out in a stream. Sharpshooter Insects Use ‘Superpropulsion’ to Catapult Their Pee 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z They also recruited the help of the broader birding community to crowdsource additional observational data about which birds were feeding on cicadas. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Other species, called periodical cicadas, live for 13 or 17 years underground before appearing in massive numbers. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z However, some of these cicadas are making their appearance in summer 2023, a year early, according to research from Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z But the researchers were corrected the following year: What had looked like a separate animal was actually the severed head from a known fossil cicada. We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn’t the First. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z One type of fungus, for example, eats away at a cicada’s butt and manipulates its wings to attract mates, spreading the fungus like a STD. What zombie show ‘The Last of Us’ gets right about fungus in a warming world 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The research team suggests that their findings related to the ecological consequences of the cicada emergence may represent a more general, though little-studied, pattern. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Each brood produces so many periodical cicadas that predators can’t eat them all, and enough individuals survive to reproduce. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z But scientists are warning that early cicada emergences could become more frequent as climate change ushers in earlier springs and longer periods of warmth. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z At one beach — just thirty or forty feet wide — the cicadas buzzed in the morning heat. His family fished for generations. Now he’s hauling plastic out of the sea. Like cicadas, this species stays underground for years at a time, typically in four- or eight-year intervals. Opinion | New species discovered: Republicans who (sometimes) care about deficits 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The study finds that more than 80 species of birds opportunistically switched their diets to cicadas during their emergence. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Although the cicada feast can help predators increase their numbers the next year, their populations shrink back to normal before the periodical cicadas emerge again. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z A periodical cicada's existence is intimately intertwined with the forests that surround it. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Soon, the morning fog will lift and the chorus of cicadas will end the quiet. Arizona farm gives refuge from pain, for man and beast alike 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Slide open the little toggle closure that looks like a sliver of ivory, and inside you’ll see two hefty translucent paperweights, into each of which is immersed a real, still shimmery cicada. Style Invitational Week 1510: Only U (or A, E, I or O) 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z That feeding frenzy on cicadas relieved some of the predatory pressure on the birds' typical prey, forest caterpillars, which consequently increased in abundance, resulting in more leaf damage on their host oak trees. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Lill and Weiss reasoned that if birds filled up on cicadas, they might not have much appetite left for their usual diet of caterpillars. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z "It's a huge mystery," says Chris Simon, an evolutionary biologist from University of Connecticut who specializes in cicadas. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z While our parents snoozed and the cicadas chirped outside, my siblings and I closed the shutters and parked ourselves in front of the box. The Future of Australian Children’s TV 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Gone was the din of car horns and revving engines, replaced with the chirp of cicadas and the sound of the roadside flags fluttering in the evening breeze. For Believers, a Day of Atonement. For Others, a Giant Playground. 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The research team plans to continue exploring the indirect impacts of cicadas on other parts of the forest foodweb. Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z All told, 82 bird species were reported feeding on the cicadas. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The leading theory is that these insects have an internal molecular clock synced to the seasonal flow of fluid, or xylem, that passes through a tree’s roots each spring, which cicadas sip on as food. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Of cicadas popping out after 17 years underground, he drily adds: “America’s biggest speed dating event is about to begin.” James Cameron turns to Earth before release of new ‘Avatar’ 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z If there wasn’t total hush, it was nature’s noise — territorial turkeys or summer cicadas, not gun battles or urban caw. A neighborhood’s cryptocurrency mine: ‘Like a jet that never leaves’ Whether it’s a cicada’s earsplitting drone, a bee’s blaring buzz or a cricket’s incessant chirp, insects are a staple of summer’s score. Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Even blue-gray gnatcatchers, which weigh less than 7 grams, managed to pick at bits of a cicada like eating pieces of BBQ chicken. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z After a cicada reaches its final stage of development, it will only emerge when the soil temperatures reach roughly 65 degrees Fahrenheit, which is normally during late April or early May. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z This fine fermenting tastes like a fantastic midsummer’s evening alfresco, as the cicadas serenade us through the twilight. Perspective | This $12 sauvignon blanc brims with tropical fruits 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The first sound every morning at training camp in Ashburn — other than planes rumbling overhead and cicadas crying for mates — is a heavy, mechanical thunk. From trash talk to Kanye, sounds tell the story of Commanders camp 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z If so, then you have something in common with the periodical cicadas that have been popping up in the last few weeks from Maryland to Tennessee. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z After all, Brood X cicadas are easy to catch and nutritious “What would you do if you walked outside, and you found the world swarming with flying Hershey’s Kisses?” When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z But earlier springs could lead to warmer temperatures than before, prompting cicadas to emerge ahead of time. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The periodical cicadas last year were also a challenge. Perspective | Firing up the chain saw to create public art in Prince George’s County 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z You’re in a glider on the screened porch of a cabin in the woods, the cicadas buzzing in the trees. Perspective | Everyone has a favorite way to nap. What’s yours? 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Late cicadas have been noted in other years, but the app — something that wasn’t around in 2004 — makes it easy to track and report sightings of tardy bugs in all their manifestations. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z A tally of real caterpillars in the oak forests revealed their population was twice that of the following 2 years, when the cicada brood had returned underground. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Most of the time, off-cycle cicadas are scarce and quickly gobbled up by predators such as birds. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z When I craved some peace, I could drive in almost any direction and find myself in one of the city’s national parks, with only the sounds of cicadas and my own breath as company. An Australia Homecoming, Mixed With Yearning and Trepidation 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z They named the new species Utaurora comosa, after the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora, who turned her lover into a cicada — one of the innumerable arthropods that came after Utaurora. One of Evolution’s Oddest Creatures Finds a Fossilized Family Member 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “We’re also looking for immature cicadas with red eyes and black spots.” Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The researchers observed that leaf damage was twice as extensive during the cicada glut. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z "The question of whether or not the cicadas are going to be able to keep pace with the pace of climate change in terms of their evolutionary responses is an open one," Lill says. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z In this regard, periodical cicadas have been dissed for decades. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The earliest-known fossils of cicada relatives also date to this time. Fossils Reveal When Animals Started Making Noise 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z In other words, these aren’t the annual cicadas that we get every summer. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Research on tree rings shows that oaks grow more slowly during years when cicada broods emerge. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The popularity of cellphones and social media have allowed cicada researchers to pull data from a network of citizen scientists to precisely track these loquacious insects. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Certainly many animals — birds, squirrels, dogs — chow down on cicadas. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The biggest problem, she said, was heavy, wet snow causing tree branches — some left weakened by cicadas’ eggs last year — to fall on power lines. 3 killed, 1 injured in weather-related crash as D.C. grapples with biggest snow since pandemic 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Mina followed Kritsky’s cicada coverage last year and knew there might be some outliers this year. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The cicadas themselves do some damage when females lay their eggs inside twigs. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z These images help scientists determine trends in periodical cicada populations, according to Gene Kritsky, a professor emeritus at Mount St. Joseph University in Ohio who helped create the app. Noticing more cicadas this year in the U.S.? There may be a reason 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z “This was my faux bird that I used to torment cicadas.” Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z As billions of Brood X cicadas emerged from their 17-year-long underground slumber this year, a subset of them became infected with a soil fungus. The Best Fun Science Stories of 2021: Rhythmic Lemurs, a Marscopter, and Sex-Obsessed Insect Zombies 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z They’re a year late to the raucous party billions of their fellow Brood X cicadas threw last summer. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z But the dead bodies of cicadas also release nutrients back into the soil, which could benefit plants. When birds gorge on cicadas, caterpillars go unchecked and chomp their way through oak forests 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z What a shame the Dec. 8 “Images of 2021” special section did not include a single photograph of this year’s 17-year cicadas. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What we left out of ‘Images of 2021’ 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z He just went up to periodical cicadas and tried to catch them with his hand. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Research scientists are still gathering more information about how cicadas might benefit the environment as well as people. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z She later found a couple of adult cicadas in an azalea near her condo. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z He noted that he could hear birds, leaves and cicadas. Perspective | My hearing isn’t what it used to be. But will I look old wearing an ear device? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z This year’s cicadas were one of those moments that would have been especially therapeutic to include in the photo essay. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What we left out of ‘Images of 2021’ 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z But 40 percent of the cicadas did try to escape: Twenty-eight-percent flew away and 12 percent dropped from the plant they were on. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z One “locust” type was not truly a locust at all, but the mysterious and magic cicada. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “I'm really, really into the cicadas,” she said. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z As for the title, it refers to a species of cicada that noisily appears every 17 years. Review: Meet-cute in a bookstore leads to joy, pain and self-discovery in romance 'Cicada' 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z A helicopter buzzed across the sky and the hum of cicadas echoed off the neighbors’ houses. Three generations of Black women overcome boundaries and setbacks with love 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z When the temperature was in the lower 50s, cicadas made easy pickings. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z His curiosity piqued, he began to observe and study the cicada scientifically. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z She was about to turn 17 that year, the same age as the cicadas, and felt a connection. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Its handful of houses hide behind a dune covered with morning glories and pandanus trees, the chitter of cicadas interrupted only by the cadence of waves and the call of an azure-winged jay. This pristine beach is one of Japan’s last. Soon it will be filled with concrete 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z That’s the title of the novel you published earlier this year, an environmental thriller about 9-foot-tall, flesh-eating cicadas that have waited 17 years to emerge and kill humans. Perspective | After 18 months, I went back to my office. It’s the best place to get office supplies. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z So, too, are the annual cicadas that come out each summer, but those critters use two protective methods. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z He could also be found reading letters for his illiterate white neighbors as he awaited the next brood of cicada. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z But the overwhelming majority of Brood X cicadas got it right. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z If you've ever seen droplets glide off the surface off a lily pad or a cicada's wing, you'll have seen this hydrophobicity in action. The race to replace persistent chemicals in our homes 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z One depicts a bathroom where a Smurf doll is alarmed by an overflowing sink and the other an artist’s studio, complete with a portrait of a cicada. Perspective | All the news that fits … in the wall: More stories of messages hidden in houses 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z “They can fly three times as fast as periodical cicadas. These have a very different strategy. It’s just darn hard to even get close to a nonperiodical cicada.” Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z By this appearance, Banneker’s impression of the cicadas had changed from fear of their agricultural impact to a dawning inquisitiveness into their nature. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z What is life like for a straggler cicada? Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z There’s a cicada preserved in a pyramid of resin. Perspective | The inspiring math of kindness: How one woman turned a 2-day yard sale into a year’s worth of kindness 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Contemplating its sesame seeds, he has a flash of oblique insight: A rare confluence of cicada broods will soon decimate sesame crops, driving up its commodity price. Review: Does billionaire contrarian Peter Thiel contain multitudes? A biography weighs in 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The main tactic used by periodical cicadas is predator satiation: You can’t eat us all. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z It was at this point that he summarized what he had learned through his years of cicada observations: Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Alas, unless that cicada is antisocial, celibate and nursing a death wish, not too good, I’m afraid. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Then again, a rash of holding penalties, like a swarm of cicadas, may be an annoying sign that nature is healing itself. The N.F.L. Made Some Changes Since the Last Time You Watched 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z When it came to performing, those cicadas had it made: 17 years to rehearse, rent-free space and captive audiences for pitch-perfect concerts — albeit with limited repertoire. Opinion | Montgomery County needs a ‘space race’ for the arts 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “I think people recognize that. No one asks why they’re called ‘zombie cicadas.’ Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Banneker was steady and tenacious in his observations, studies, and data collection of the cicadas, and would appreciate how much has been learned about Brood X in the following two centuries. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z There’s safety in numbers and that’s one thing these cicadas don’t have. Perspective | Better late than never: Straggler cicadas are emerging from the earth 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z “It started with the cicadas and ended with the cicadas,” she said. Perspective | Bird lovers rejoice: The all-clear has been sounded on backyard feeders 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Same old, same old defines cyclical cicadas, but successfully implementing cultural space-matching requires an enlightened vision. Opinion | Montgomery County needs a ‘space race’ for the arts 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Did last year’s periodical cicadas get all up in your face? Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z His handwritten astronomical journal covering 1792-1802 survives, and is the source for the cicada observations quoted here. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z While the cicadas may be gone, oak leaf itch mites that feed on cicada nymphs are making their marks now on residents in the D.C. region. Oak mites making D.C.-area residents itchy; tiny bugs feed on cicadas 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Klein can’t help but wonder if people who sprayed their bushes with pesticides to kill Brood X cicadas wound up poisoning birds. Perspective | Bird lovers rejoice: The all-clear has been sounded on backyard feeders 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Some people speculated that cicadas, or substances used to get rid of them, were the culprit. A mysterious sickness blinding birds has disappeared as suddenly as it arrived 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z “I started this particular project back in 2004, so this is 17 years of harassment for the poor cicadas,” Raupp said. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, trying to abolish slavery in America at that time would prove just as fruitless as Banneker trying to get rid of the cicadas in 1749. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z While these mites are always around, they become “particularly abundant” in times and places where there is a periodical cicada brood emergence, he said. Oak mites making D.C.-area residents itchy; tiny bugs feed on cicadas 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z However unmoored from origins, they still carry within them the old meanings, like a debris of code that resists deletion or a latent brood of cicadas, waiting to surface. The March of the Karens 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Suspects include pathogens that the victims could have contracted by consuming Brood X cicadas and environmental toxins to which the young birds were particularly vulnerable. Suspect List Narrows in Mysterious Bird Die-Off 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Like many bug experts, he was very busy last summer when billions of cicadas emerged from the ground in the D.C. area. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z I listened to the cicadas squall, breathed in the familiar, mossy scent of wet grass and damp concrete, and wondered what life in Tennessee would be like if I had never left at all. I went searching for hot chicken and rediscovered Nashville instead 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Female cicadas in June lay their eggs that hatch in August and early September, Mr. Shockley said. Oak mites making D.C.-area residents itchy; tiny bugs feed on cicadas 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Each humidity-drenched morning in Tokyo, I passed bored police officers stationed outside my hotel and a small park filled with screeching cicadas during the seven-minute walk to the transport hub at the Main Press Center. Unique Tokyo Olympics offered plenty of cherished and strange moments 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z The cicada hypothesis is actually a set of hypotheses that developed because of really strong overlap between the mortality event and the cicada Brood X distribution. Suspect List Narrows in Mysterious Bird Die-Off 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Male cicadas use an organ in their hollow abdomens to produce that characteristic sci-fi sound, which signals to females that they’re eager to mate. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Now, they may be feasting on the cicada eggs in the trees. Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z This time, there is only a master of ceremonies, a disc jockey, and the whir of the cicadas in the nearby trees. Tokyo beach volleyball DJ and MC do the work of 12,000 fans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Before me, on the path, lay a single cicada wing, glistening in the sun. Outside the Olympic Cocoon, a Tokyo Abuzz Only With Cicadas 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z So, for example, if this is occurring in Texas, and Texas does not have Brood X cicadas, that’s a real problem with the cicada hypothesis. Suspect List Narrows in Mysterious Bird Die-Off 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Some people in these parts believe the buzz of cicadas — like the tambourine shake of a rattlesnake — means a thunderstorm is rolling in. In drought-plagued northern Mexico, tens of thousands of cows are starving to death 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Some experts warn there is not enough research to definitively prove that cicada eggs cause an increase in oak leaf itch mite bites. Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Since early March, the Capital Weather Gang has published more than 20 cicada stories. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Nothing to hear near the beach volleyball courts, either, except the piercing hiss of cicadas in surrounding trees. AP PHOTOS: No cheers amid virus fears at fanless Tokyo Games 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z What do you think about the hypothesis that the Brood X cicada emergence had something to do with this? Suspect List Narrows in Mysterious Bird Die-Off 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Let us know if you have seen flagging in the trees where you live or have spotted any cicada eggs or newly hatched nymphs. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z This is where female cicadas are laying eggs and where oak tree itch mites may now be feeding. Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z We even ran a cicada selfie contest and wrote about cicada splatters on cars. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Many of us were asking this question over the past weeks in the cacophonous buzz of cicadas that emerged by the millions in May and June in Maryland, Virginia and other states. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Areas that had a lot of cicadas seemed to have a lot of mortalities; areas with fewer cicadas seemed to have a lower number of mortalities.... Suspect List Narrows in Mysterious Bird Die-Off 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z But what happens to the cicada nymphs after they hatch? Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z “We were preoccupied with the cicadas this summer. … I don’t think we foresaw that oak mites would be the thing we’d all be talking about,” Sundaram said. Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z So this is a wrap for our 2021 cicada coverage at the Capital Weather Gang. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet, the excerpt that the Pope liked the most was not about mathematics, but about cicadas. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z A type of fungus called Massospora that infects cicada broods might also play a role; one Massospora species produces compounds that alter the behavior of cicadas, perhaps to increase its spread. Songbirds are mysteriously dying across the eastern U.S. Scientists are scrambling to find out why 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Developing cicada nymphs are now visible inside their eggs, and depending upon how you feel about cicadas, it’s either super cool or super creepy. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The incessant, shrieking sounds of cicadas may no longer be afflicting the Washington region, but experts say the insects may be bringing a new nuisance — oak leaf itch mites. Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z They’re the offspring from our recent cicada swarm, and they’ll rain down from above for the next few weeks, with numbers totaling in the billions. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z In a brilliant display of literary skills, Galileo carefully planned the book to culminate with a story about cicadas that became known in the Vatican as “the fable of sound.” Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “It’s almost like the cicadas. The cicadas got louder before they died.” How and why Loudoun County became the face of the nation’s culture wars 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z But before they died, female cicadas deposited eggs in tree branches. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Vividly reported snapshots of a monumental year in American history are proliferating like cicada shells on city pavement. The Trump Books Are Coming. Cue the War of the Excerpts. 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Seventeen years is a long time, and many life changes occur for us while the cicadas are underground eating roots, patiently waiting to emerge. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z He dissected the insect with a needle but ended up sinking the needle too deep and killing the cicada without learning the answer. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z He noticed that many branch tips have turned brown and wondered whether that was due to cicadas. Perspective | Local charities are encouraged to apply for The Post’s Helping Hand partnership 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z By late August, billions of cicada nymphs will have tunneled underground and started their incredible 17-year life cycle again. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z If homeowners bag up and discard those branches, the next generation of cicadas end up dead in a landfill. Opinion | In 17 years, billions will be grateful for this small act of kindness 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Some of our stories were serious, such as predicting the arrival of cicadas, cicada noise levels, and plotting a Brood X coverage map. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z The scientist was Galileo Galilei, and his question about cicada sounds played a key role in his dealings with the Catholic Church—especially in his attempts to win the good graces of the Pope. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z If you look, you might spot them: miniature cicadas falling like a fine mist. Perspective | Local charities are encouraged to apply for The Post’s Helping Hand partnership 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Each female cicada can produce up to 500 eggs. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Thanks to the poets who keep us alive, to Kelly for bringing us all together and to the cicadas for hanging in. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: When it comes to tennis, as with other things, women exist, too 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z But here’s good news if you fear cicadas. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z More importantly, the results of this cicada episode challenge commonly held beliefs about science and religion. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Gene said this year’s adult cicadas are pretty much all dead by now. Perspective | Local charities are encouraged to apply for The Post’s Helping Hand partnership 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Given the density and coverage of the Brood X cicadas, the number of eggs produced is in the billions. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Dearly beloved, here lie the Brood X cicadas. Perspective | A toast to the glorious life (and messy death) of Brood X cicadas 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z As one 17-year cicada cycle comes to an end and another begins, a cicada time capsule is a fun project to consider for kids. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z The problem was that the Pope read the fable of the cicada in a different way. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Gene said an insect called the oak itch mite feeds on cicada eggs. Perspective | Local charities are encouraged to apply for The Post’s Helping Hand partnership 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Now, some of the cicada eggs are showing red eyes, which means the nymphs inside the eggs will hatch soon, according to Paula Shrewsbury, an entomology professor at the University of Maryland. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z We raise a glass to you, Brood X cicadas, for giving us hope that perhaps our last days as well hold the possibility of transformation, of rapturous joy — of sex! Perspective | A toast to the glorious life (and messy death) of Brood X cicadas 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z It can include photos, drawings, and stories about cicadas. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z But scientists still debate why this particular brood of North American cicadas only emerges every 17 years, which, intriguingly, is a prime number. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, Md., then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack. Smaller, lighter tech makes it easier to track robins, other birds 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Oak trees, for example, show flagging, with numerous brown patches marking each cicada nest. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Ah, but the cicadas’s tale is not one of grief but of triumph. Perspective | A toast to the glorious life (and messy death) of Brood X cicadas 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z It should be opened in 2038 when the cicadas return, and the hard part is not losing it or forgetting about it. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Just as in Galileo’s time, cicadas continue to help us think more about the limits and possibilities of modern science. Galileo and the Pope Who Loved Cicadas 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” says the bartender to the cicada. Perspective | Accidents can happen: On the Internet, embarrassment is just one errant tap away 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Cherry trees, however, are much more tolerant to cicada nests and often survive the ordeal without the branch tips dying. Cicada eggs are showing red eyes, with the next generation moments from hatching 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Brood X cicadas are survived by some very bad smells, a lot of clogged gutters and several hundred billion nymphs that will show up again in 2038. Perspective | A toast to the glorious life (and messy death) of Brood X cicadas 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z “Wishing you and your family 17 fantastic years!” was the closing line of my son’s cicada memory book he created in 2004. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Once Samuel Ramsey decided to put lyrics to the sound of cicadas, he went all in. Perspective | Cicada season started with a police encounter and ended with a love song for this entomologist 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “In Provence, cicadas are culturally omnipresent,” said Stéphane Puissant, a cicada expert who works for the city of Dijon’s Science and Biodiversity Garden. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “The upside is that by dying, the cicadas are returning nutrients back in the soil under trees that will support their young for the next 17 years.” Cicadas are dying off, but leaving behind a stench 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z This year, billions of cicadas descended on the eastern United States. Cicadas that come out every 17 years may emerge more often in the future 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Additional stories explored fear of cicadas, zombie cicadas, cicadas on radar, and the history of cicadas. They’re hatching! Next generation of cicadas begins 17-year life cycle. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Also not enough: His headlamp, his forceps and two transparent containers filled with more than 100 live cicadas. Perspective | Cicada season started with a police encounter and ended with a love song for this entomologist 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z According to a Provincial legend, cicadas were sent from heaven to keep people from dozing off in the midday heat of summer. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z With the number of dead cicadas mounting while the chorusing of the ones still alive becomes fainter as the days pass, when will they be gone entirely? Cicadas are dying off, but leaving behind a stench 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Watch to learn how periodical cicadas permanently altered their life cycles in the past—and why it might happen again. Cicadas that come out every 17 years may emerge more often in the future 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z That includes a fungus that has been seen on these periodical cicadas, which can affect the bugs but not the snackers. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z As they approached the door, he wrote, the officer asked again to see the cicadas. Perspective | Cicada season started with a police encounter and ended with a love song for this entomologist 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z French TV ads, for example, feature the sound of cicadas to evoke the joys of summer months. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Our readers reported cicada sightings in that area. Cicadas are dying off, but leaving behind a stench 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z On Monday when we encountered the cicadas in abundance, I finally had the watches in my pocket to bring in, only to discover the shop was closed. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z She and others dismissed the chatter about cicada shells slicing through intestinal walls. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z “Oh well…at least I got the cicadas for my interview.” Perspective | Cicada season started with a police encounter and ended with a love song for this entomologist 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “They don’t mind the noise of ambulances all day and night, but the sound of cicadas bothers them,” he remarked. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z One last note, I’ve heard from some of our readers that they believe this year’s cicada emergence produced more cicadas than they remembered in 2004. Cicadas are dying off, but leaving behind a stench 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s curious to consider cicada time—a way of vaulting back and forth across chronological milestones. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z “But cicada shells are unknown to us, so we have decided we should worry about them.” ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Before that encounter, he taped himself gleefully watching the cicadas. Perspective | Cicada season started with a police encounter and ended with a love song for this entomologist 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z As soon as the first cicadas sing, village residents will post videos on Facebook, she said. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s because cicadas reached peak numbers last week in and around the D.C. area and are starting to die at a rapid rate. Cicadas are dying off, but leaving behind a stench 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Occasionally lone cicadas whorled around in flight like her little fairy toy, Bluette. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Because dogs spend more time outdoors than cats, calls about feline cicada ingestion are rare. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z He began driving with his windows down, visiting other places to collect cicadas and working on a project that involved using imaging systems to study them. Perspective | Cicada season started with a police encounter and ended with a love song for this entomologist 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The chorus of cicadas, or “cigales,” as they are called here, is an annual and generally beloved phenomenon in southern France, especially in the region of Provence. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Gruner said he expects the cicadas to hang around longest in our cooler areas west of Washington, such as Leesburg and Winchester, where they were last to arrive. Cicadas are dying off, but leaving behind a stench 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z On the way back to the city, Tiffan yelped in a primal scream—a cicada was on her knee. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z “I don’t know if the cicada shells made the dog sick or it was the Kleenexes and trash the dog ate out of the bathroom basket.” ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The report said the suspect stabbed cicadas and threw the bugs at his target. Washington juvenile accused of brandishing machete, hurling anti-gay slurs 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z And the village of Le Beausset, with a population of about 10,000 people and an unknown number of cicadas, is the self-proclaimed cicada capital. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Vincent Bingham was driving in Cincinnati Monday when a cicada got a little too close for comfort, causing him to crash his car into a utility pole. Cincinnati man crashes car after cicada 'smacked' him in the face 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Some think immature cicadas, called nymphs, measure the 17-year time underground through the sap in a tree’s xylem. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Since cicadas are found in and around mature trees, avoid routes that include them. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Recipes for cicada delicacies were shared in gleeful anticipation of the disgust they would evoke. Perspective | Fear of cicadas is real and common. It’s also far from unfounded. 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, a Washington, D.C. reporter’s story went viral when a cicada flew right at him – causing him to dodge the insect while making a live report. DC reporter's live segment goes viral after cameo by cicada 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s easier for me to pick a funny poem about cicadas than a serious one. Perspective | Rhymes with reasons: Cicada poems that touch more than the funny bone 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The female cicadas respond in a clicked Morse code. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z “Because cicadas are so easy to catch, some animals are going to town eating them,” said Dr. Klippen, who sees perhaps a handful of dogs a week for this reason. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z My best friend from those early school days is relieved to be living outside of current cicada territory. Perspective | Fear of cicadas is real and common. It’s also far from unfounded. 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Indeed, a separate press charter departing Dulles International Airport for Europe late Tuesday was delayed for hours because cicadas clogged up the plane’s engines. Biden departs for first foreign trip, wants to show China, Russia that Western allies ‘are tight’ 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z It wasn’t clear how cicadas disrupted the plane mechanics. Cicadas delay White House press ahead of Biden overseas trip 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z In other words, in this particular instance, the unit is cicada time. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Also try walking your dog at dawn and dusk, Dr. Wismer advised, when cicadas are least active. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The erratic navigational skills of cicadas are the issue brought up most often by those who dislike them. Perspective | Fear of cicadas is real and common. It’s also far from unfounded. 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z What rhymes with ‘cicada’? Readers explore the insect’s poetic possibilities. Perspective | Can you cicada-ku? Here are haiku — and other poems — in honor of cicadas. 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z But, like cicadas, some aerospace ideas develop, mature and fail, lying dormant until collective memory forgets them, only to emerge again to complete their life cycle. Opinion | If at first supersonic planes don’t succeed, try, try again? 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z In Dylan’s entomological ditty, a dark chamber in Princeton that “smelled like a tomb” suddenly brightens in concert with the cacophonous cicadas, a testament to their reviving capabilities: Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Your sweet, admittedly not overbright, four-legged pandemic pal is enamored with the horror movie of the season: relentless hordes of fat and sassy cicadas. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z She then boils the cicadas to clean them, and crisps them in an air fryer. Flying off the shelves: Chocolate-covered cicadas a hit in Maryland 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Not the cheeriest sentiment, perhaps, but — just as with the fleeting beauty of the cherry blossoms — periodical cicadas do lend themselves to verse. Perspective | Can you cicada-ku? Here are haiku — and other poems — in honor of cicadas. 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Our hunch is that multiple types of insects are contributing to the noisy radar signals — cicadas at low levels and mayflies or termites higher aloft. Cicadas swarming around Washington are showing up on weather radar 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z I invited readers to consider the cicada in verse. Perspective | What rhymes with ‘cicada’? Readers explore the insect’s poetic possibilities. 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z The heebie-jeebies over pets and cicadas springs mostly from the alignment of several factors. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Like most animals, cicadas have fallen victim to deforestation and climate change, primarily the result of animal agriculture. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough shoving cicadas down my throat 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z First this week, freelance journalist Ian Graber-Stiehl discusses what might be the oldest community science project—observing the emergence of periodical cicadas. Cicada citizen science, and expanding the genetic code 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Daniel Gruner, an entomologist at the University of Maryland, did not initially believe the radar returns were from cicadas. Cicadas swarming around Washington are showing up on weather radar 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Said the male cicada to his new bride: Perspective | What rhymes with ‘cicada’? Readers explore the insect’s poetic possibilities. 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Christine Klippen, an emergency veterinarian at Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, a city currently held captive by cicadas, sounded a tad weary. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z If eating cicadas is an attempt at “sustainability,” it’s a feeble one. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough shoving cicadas down my throat 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z We asked one bug expert all your burning cicada questions. What to know about the 'remarkable' cicadas 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s likely low-flying cicadas close to the radar and other critters more distant. Cicadas swarming around Washington are showing up on weather radar 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Later, mailed and phoned-in cicada reports went to universities across the country. To study swarming cicadas, it takes a crowd of citizen scientists 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z To dogs and cats, cicadas look like “big flying treats,” as Dr. Klippen says. ‘Flying Treats’: Can Dogs and Cats Snack Safely on Cicadas? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z If cicadas can wait 17 years for one month of life, surely we’re evolved enough to let them live it. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough shoving cicadas down my throat 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z And then I learned that modern Americans thought that cicadas arrived bearing a message. Perspective | The wings of war: Some people believed cicadas carried a dire warning 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Raindrops, hailstones and snowflakes are shaped differently than the jagged cross-sections of winged creatures like cicadas. 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