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Cicada Mania

Magicicada Brood X is emerging after waiting underground for 17 years! What are Maicicada? Magicicada are a specific Genus of cicada, also known as a Periodical Cicada and they just might be comming to a tree near you.

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• Periodical Cicadas
  A fun and informative overview


• Cicadia Mania, News


• Cicadia Mania, An extensive links page
  This is a great site. It is maintained daily and as far as we can tell all the links work! I love the up-to-the-minute emergence updates!

Cicada sounds

• Cicadas in Chinese Folklore
  This features some beautiful art objects


• Cicadas in Ancient Greece


• Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat
  Epicures Ready to Make a Meal of High-Pitched Pest


• Cicadalicious; The Cicada Cookbook

• Bug Pictures (Insect Macro Photography)


• Tips and tricks for insect photography, ephotozine


• Macro Insect Photography for Digital Cameras
  One note on this article: Olympus dslr's are available with hot shoes


• The How's and Why's of Insect Photographs


• These two factors lead to one of the greatest problems facing insect photographers


• Photographing Insects

• Frank Phillips

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