Awesome Cicada Movie

If you liked the little loop I had a while back showing a cicada emerging, you’ll love this–a neat little 6 minute film about the Cicada Life Cycle!

Amazing photography!

Indiana University also has a little explanatory slide show you can click through that explains the crazy cicada life cycle.

The University of Michigan also has an excellent Cicada page.

This photo is one I took during 2004’s emergence near Ann Arbor.

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This entry was written by Bug Girl and posted on April 29, 2008 at 9:08 pm and filed under Entomology, Insects, Movies, Science with tags , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

4 Comments

  1. museditions
    Posted April 29, 2008 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    What a great film! Such fascinating creatures. I had no idea they emerged from the ground as nymphs! Also loved the Enya music, helping the whole cycle seem romantic. Other music could have made it feel quite different.

  2. TheAgedCat
    Posted April 30, 2008 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

    Very cool! I love cicadas.

  3. Dave
    Posted April 30, 2008 at 11:13 pm | Permalink

    Can’t have too many periodic cicada posts…I miss the little buggers already!

  4. jdlarge08
    Posted July 29, 2008 at 4:58 pm | Permalink

    Have you checked out the “jakvid” on YouTube called “Cicada sings”? I waited a long time to record one act from beginning to end, but it was worth it. Please comment after you listen. The voice of authority. It is, by the way, the most popular jakvid. Most of the rest are mere human poets reading their work.