<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Cicadas</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/cicadas?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><description>Cicadas</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[After Brood X, the Scientists Are Buzzing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3410-2004Aug15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3410-2004Aug15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This summer's emergence of trillions of cicadas may be over, but the science arising from Brood X's dessicated carcasses has just begun.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell to Cicadas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53358-2004Jun18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53358-2004Jun18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cicadas Wear Out Welcome]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16869-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16869-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Now that they have been among us for a couple of weeks, now that we have mused on their songs, their sex lives, even -- forgive us -- their gastronomic appeal, the charm of the cicada is starting to wear a little thin.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistling Sweet Nothings, Cicadas Abuzz]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4917-2004May31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4917-2004May31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Act One was self-explanatory. Hibernating cicada nymphs emerged from the ground and crawled around.]]></description><author> David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cicadas Are  Harmless? Driver Begs To Differ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53271-2004May24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53271-2004May24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It was Sunday afternoon on Bellevue Drive in Bethesda. It was hot. Cicadas flitted about.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Squeezing a Buck From Cicada Buzz]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37735-2004May18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37735-2004May18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A calm, plain-spoken voice comes on the radio.<br>"We're here for you, the affected refugee," says Jim Mathias, the mayor of Ocean City, Md. "There is no shame in accepting help from a neighbor."]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon, the Deafening Calls To That One in a Gazillion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29974-2004May15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29974-2004May15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the next few weeks, in the District and 15 eastern states, the cicada's droning-hissing-clicking roar will become the outdoor soundtrack of this spring and early summer.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Let 'Em Bug You, Annapolis Advises]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22282-2004May12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22282-2004May12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Marylanders, rest easy. You have nothing to fear from cicadas -- or so say your government officials.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Cicadas, Life Is Better in the Burbs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18938-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18938-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If you feel yourself besieged in the coming days, with cicadas whirring overhead, crunching underfoot and shrilling from the treetops, you may have yourself to blame, at least in part.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Enough to Drive You Buggy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18901-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18901-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Michael Jordan, Jaromir Jagr, Steve Spurrier, Doug Collins and Bruce Cassidy all left Washington after being publicly humiliated, writes Tony Kornheiser, but at least they won't have to deal with the invasion of cicadas.]]></description><author> Tony Kornheiser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CICADA BUZZ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19356-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19356-2004May11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>   The return of the 17-year cicadas has Washington talking.</em>]]></description><author> Linton Weeks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Buzz: Local Restaurateurs and Bar Owners Wonder How Cicadas Will Impact Outdoor Business]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6491-2004May6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6491-2004May6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Washingtonians love to eat and sip cocktails outdoors, but local restaurateurs and bar owners aren't sure how many customers are going to want to enjoy the weather on patios or rooftops once the cicadas arrive.]]></description><author> Fritz Hahn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emergence]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16031-2004May10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16031-2004May10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In isolated pockets across the region, cicadas have begun to emerge, the silent beginning of an infestation of black-bodied, red-eyed insects.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Party Crashers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3351-2004May5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3351-2004May5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From Columbia to Sterling, from Mitchellville to Charlottesville, people planning outdoor events are factoring in the return of Brood X of Magicicada.]]></description><author> Annie Groer and Jura Koncius</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're Here]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6860-2004May6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6860-2004May6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The first cicadas have arrived &#150; the count-them-while-you-can vanguard of a multibillion-bug invasion.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Cicadas on Ice]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61426-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61426-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[These large, ungainly insects in the genus Magicicada spend either 13 or 17 years underground, then emerge nearly simultaneously in densities that can exceed 1 million per acre.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Own Brood: A Cicada Tale]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61675-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61675-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's  funny how two seemingly unrelated things can become entwined in your memories, how thinking of the one triggers thoughts of the other.]]></description><author> Cheryl Kenny</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Approaching 40 and Bugged About What's on the Way]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61673-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61673-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The time I've been dreading is almost here. For me, 2004 is all about two frightful phenomena that I am powerless to prevent: This month, the 17-year cicadas will return. Then in June, I turn 40. Terrorist attack? Sure, I worry about that, too. But these other two fears are <em>guaranteed</em> to come true, regardless of my alert status.]]></description><author> Miriam E. Tucker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16047-2004Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16047-2004Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When buzzing hordes of 17-year cicadas rise from the earth next month, some people will marvel, some will cower, some will shrug their shoulders.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In D.C. Area, It's the Day of the Cicada]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28974-2004Mar27.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28974-2004Mar27.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cicadas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A few inches below the surface of the soil, in about 15 states and the District, billions of cicadas that were spawned in the spring of 1987 are ready to leave their subterranean homes and taste life in the open air.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item></channel></rss>