Cicadas, Locusts, and Mapping

Throughout history, cicada and locusts have produced fascination, food, and frustration, among other f words. The Cicada Mania site “Dedicated to cicadas, the most amazing insects in the world.” provides TONS of information on cicadas. Other calls for citizen scientists include those of University of Georgia, Dept. of Entomology, asking for pictures and locations of cicadas and shed cicada skins. Their call recommends that parents participate with their young children because their children will not see this amazing event again until they are adults.

Many countries have set up citizen science watches to keep tabs on what is happening this year. According to a Charlotte news report, the 14 state Cicada Watch citizen science project had hundreds of volunteers in Mechlenberg County, NC alone this year. Other watch projects across take place across the globe. The Australian Government of Agriculture,Fisheries, and Forestry has an up to date section for “Current Locust Situation and News“. The Desert Locust Watch is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for desert regions such as the Sudan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia,


One Reply to “Cicadas, Locusts, and Mapping”

  1. Richard L'Esperance

    Interesting how limited the datasets are for this bug. I recall growing up in Albuquerque, NM, and seeing more than one emergence during my youth, yet none of the charts or maps for any brood indicate they get any further west than Fort Worth.
    I recall the coolness of finding all the empty shells when the bugs molt, and that characteristic chirp of thousands of cicadas singing at night.

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