The Arthro-Pod crew is super excited about the emergence of the periodical cicadas known as Brood X this year! To celebrate Jody created a quiz competition for Mike and Jonathan to face off through! The questions can be found on Kahoot if you would like to give it a shot! Just look for the Periodical Cicada Quiz with 26 questions. Tune in to learn about the cicadas coming out this year and get excited to go find them!

| | | The cicadas are here! Photo by Daniel Herms, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org |

Show notesPeriodical Cicadas the Brood X Edition by Gene Kritsky
Check out this Scientific American article that talks about the important contributions of Margaretta Hare Morris to our understanding of cicadas

The University of Connecticut houses a lot of great info on the distribution of cicadas

o https://cicadas.uconn.edu/broods/

Cicada Mania is a resource everyone should check out if they are interested in these awesome creatures. In particular look at their pages on cicada biology/natural history and discussions on the broods

o https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/how-many-kinds-of-cicadas-are-there/

Finally, please consider downloading and using the Cicada Safari app if you get to go out and look for these screaming teenage bugs!

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