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Driven Buggy
Getting help for entomophobia is of growing importance as the cicada invasion arrives. (Ron Edmonds - AP)
 Tick Talk
Multimedia
Cicada What's Cooking : washingtonpost.com's Kim O'Donnell talks about her latest cicada delicacy on WTOP.
 Fresh Cicadas Served Here : D.C. resident Jacques Tiziou has a taste for cicadas. Watch him as he collects and prepares the young, tender, winged insects for brunch.
 Emergence : Watch a cicada emerge from its exoskeleton. This video was taken over a one hour period and speeded up.
 Cicada Cam : Want to see the cicadas up close? Take a look at our cam and check them out.
 Audio: Cicada Buzz The male cicada vibrates the membranes on the side of its body to attact female cicadas.
MP3s
 The Day of the Locust : Performed by Anomie Train
 Cicadazz : Performed by Peat and Barley.
 Cicada Gourmet : performed by Homespun Ceilidh Band.
 Local MP3s : D.C. area artists offer songs inspired by the cicada invasion.
Cicada Quiz
 Test Your Knowledge Think you know what Brood X is or where the cicadas live? Take our quiz and find out.
Transcripts
Cicada Cicada Phobia : Psychoanalyst Jerilyn Ross was online to discuss those suffering from extreme cases of entomophobia.
 Cicadas Explained : Virginia Tech entomologist Ed Lewis was online to your questions about cicadas.
 Cicadamaniac : Mike Raupp, professor of entomology at U-Md. and self-professed "cicadamaniac," was online to discuss the return of the cicadas.
 Cicadas: Good Enough to Eat? David George Gordon was online to discuss his book, bug cuisine and the finer points of his recipe for cicada-topped pizza.
From KidsPost
Heard the Buzz? They're gross. They're loud. And there will be BILLIONS of them. Get ready, because the cicadas are coming!
Graphic: Cicada Life Cycle
Do Your Own Cicada Census (PDF)
Post Your Comments
Cicadas Are Coming: In a few weeks, nymphs will crawl out of the ground. Prepare to welcome Brood X.
After Brood X, the Scientists Are Buzzing
This summer's emergence of trillions of cicadas may be over, but the science arising from Brood X's dessicated carcasses has just begun.

Farewell to Cicadas
Bug lovers, rats and even an enterprising pair of children's book authors are among those frustrated that this season's crop of cicadas are now at least mostly gone.
 Cicadas Special Report

In the News
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Whistling Sweet Nothings, Cicadas Abuzz (Post, June 1, 2004)

Cicadas Are Harmless? Driver Begs To Differ (Post, May 25, 2004)

Squeezing a Buck From Cicada Buzz: 'Non-Economic Species' Inspires Novelties (Post, May 19, 2004)

Soon, the Deafening Calls To That One in a Gazillion (Post, May 16, 2004)

Arrival of Vast Bug Brood Lightens Mood in Annapolis (Post, May 13, 2004)

For Cicadas, Life Is Better in the Burbs: Tree-Dependent Bugs Prefer Subdivisions' Patchwork of Growth, Experts Say (Post, May 12, 2004)

It's Enough To Drive You Buggy (Post, May 12, 2004)

CICADA BUZZ (Post, May 12, 2004)

Heading Outdoors? Here's the Buzz (Post, May 7, 2004)

Vanguard of Brood X Marks Its Spot: All Over: Cicadas Come of Age, Right on Schedule (Post, May 11, 2004)

Party Crashers: At Outdoor Celebrations, Cicadas Are in for A Chilly Reception (Post, May 6, 2004)

Riding the Buzz Before the Cicadas' Roar: Entomologists Not Alone In Gleeful Anticipation Of Impending Swarm (Post, May 7, 2004)

No Cicadas on Ice: Biologists Theorize That 13- and 17-Year Broods Evolved to Survive Climatic Changes (Post, May 3, 2004)

Our Own Brood: A Cicada Tale (Post, May 3, 2004)

Approaching 40 and Bugged About What's on the Way (Post, May 3, 2004)

Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat: Epicures Ready to Make a Meal of High-Pitched Pests (Post, April 16, 2004)

In D.C. Area, It's the Day Of the Cicada: 'Brood X' to Swarm After 17-Year Absence (Post, March 28, 2004)

Bug Guy: Mike Raupp, 52, professor of entomology at the University of Maryland (Post, April 18, 2004)

Time to Create Some Buzz For Banneker (Post, April 14, 2004)

Now for Summer's Next Act... (Post, Aug. 12, 1987)

Bugs What Everyone Knows (Post, Aug. 2, 1987)

Gone for 17 Years (Post, June 29, 1987)

The Amazing Cicada (Post, June 2, 1987)

Small Creatures Set Summer Abuzz (Post, May 15, 1987)

Sing a Song of Cicadas (Post, May 14, 1987)

Thwarting Cicadas (Post, May 9, 1987)

Cicada Crunch (Post, May 7, 1987)

Cicacas' Life Cycle Nearing Roaring Finale (Post, May 3, 1987)

The 'Locusts' Are Coming (Post, May 1, 1987)

Invasion of the Cicada (Post, April 28, 1987)

The Cicadas, Bringing Their Sweet Symphony (Post, April 19, 1987)



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