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Index of Subjects HI DAVID IONA AREA IS A GOOD SPOT FOR THEM.THE END OF JUNE I WOULD HEAR THEM. TAKE CARE JOHN WILLIE ---- David McCorquodale <dbmcc09@gmail.com> wrote: > John, David, et al. > > I am not going to wade in on what may be happening to bird and cicada > populations where the periodical cicadas (*Magicicada* spp.) are emerging > in the northeastern US, but wish to focus on cicadas in NS. > > I am very interested in hearing about people’s sightings and hearings of > our local cicadas. Andrew Hebda and I exchanged a few emails about the > cicadas in NS. We both agree we know very little about the species that > live here (I think it is three species, but it may be 1 and it may be 5). > We know less about abundances across the province. > > From my point of view all the media hype on cicadas is irrelevant for NS > because we do not have the periodical cicadas. > > Therefore I am interested in learning more about the cicadas we do have. I > would be interested in hearing about sightings and hearings (note this does > not refer to court proceedings) of cicadas in NS this summer. Good quality > pictures should allow identification to species. Has anyone seen a cicada > adult in NS this year? > > A few weeks ago I wrote this piece for the Entomological Society of Canada: > http://escsecblog.com/2013/05/20/cicada-invasion-in-eastern-canada/ > > DBMcC > > PS For those of you who cannot hear Blackpoll Warblers, you will not be > hearing cicadas this summer. > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:27 PM, John Kearney > <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote: > > > Reference to an interesting article relating the disappearance of birds to > > Cicada blooms**** > > > > > > http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/06/18/the-cicada-paradox#.UcIE2djNkpZ > > **** > > > > ** ** > >
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