Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:34:32 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Re: Cicada celebration MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, We found that the upper cicada link posted yesterday was broken and did a little web searching to find the update which is given below. Enjoy - this is a very nice, well illustrated internet reference. We have noticed that there are a handful of periodical cicadas around this year which seem to be members of Brood X that jumped the gun (we found no evidence of other cicada broods for Maryland in 2003). Advance and retarded emergence is a well documented phenomenon - the other link posted below discusses the evolution of cicada broods. Corrected Universtiy of Michigan link: http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/Index.ht ml Cicada brood evolution discussion by Dr. Chris Simon of U.Conn: http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/faculty/simon/cicada.htm Next year could be kind of loud and crunchy underfoot. Good Birding & Goldfinch Atlasing, Walter Ellison MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. White (in "Stuart Little") ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee-Ann Taylor" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Cicada celebration > Next year (2004) will be a big one for Magicicada, with 17-year Brood > X expected to emerge throughout its large range, including the > Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. > http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Periodical/Index.html > A Purdue entomologist says "Birds and squirrels will feast on them > during their emergence periods, but because of the huge numbers > emerging, even animals engorging on them makes an insignificant dent > in the population." > http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/ppdl/hot02/Whats_Hot6-4-02.html > > More than you want to know about the cicadas, but not much about bird > impacts. > > But also, it's not a good time (this or next) for planting saplings > since they are the most impacted by egg-laying in tender wood. > > Thanks for the reminder. > > L A Taylor > Bowie, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================