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Object of the Week for May 23

Cicadas: The Treetop Opera

Brood X ("ten") emerges this spring in the Mid Atlantic and Midwest. These pinned specimens at the National Entomological Collection include cicadas from the 1880s to present-day. Five periodical cicadas rest in the middle row.

Cicada Song at Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Links

  1. Smithsonian Blog: What to Expect When the Cicadas Emerge
  2. Look Closely: Cicada Design at Cooper Hewitt
  3. Interact: The Natural History of Cicadas
  4. Make it! Cicada Origami
  5. The Cicada in China
  6. Explore: So Many Resources about Periodical Cicadas from NMNH!
  7. Magicicada in the Encyclopedia of Life
  8. Check It Out: A Cicada Animation from Smithsonian Libraries
  9. Check It Out: A Cicada Animation from Smithsonian Libraries
  10. Cicadas at the National Zoo