
"Cicada
Invasion: Eastern U.S. Braces for Bug Swarm" from the
National Geographic Society (link
added 4/6/04)
Quick
Facts About Periodical Cicadas from the National Geographic Society
(link added 4/6/04)
Cicada Watch 2004
Excellent overview of Brood X sponsored by the College of Mount
St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. Be sure to check out the Cicada Calendar.
Cicada Mania
has tons of links about cicadas and some very interesting frequently asked
questions!
UMMZ
Periodical Cicada Page Sponsored by the University of
Michigan Museum of Zoology, this page includes photos, information
about periodical cicadas, and even some sound clips. There is
also a map
of Brood X areas in the US.
IU
Cicada Project This Brood X page is sponsored by Indiana
University.
Periodical
Cicada Penn State Entomology Department Fact Sheet
The University of Maryland's Integrated Pest
Management page contains links to Adobe Acrobat PDF files with a
lot of information about the cicadas' impact on Maryland.
The University of Maryland's Department
of Entomology page has more PDF files and links to information
about periodic cicadas in our area.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture has a news release about
the cicadas.
Periodical
Cicada page from the Virginia Cooperative Extension
Periodical
Cicada page from Virginia Tech's Department of Entomology
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Click here
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These are web
projects created by the 6th graders as part
of an interdisciplinary course on Baltimore. Students created the
content in classes such as language arts/social studies, science and
math and then put together the web pages in their technology class.
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