I’ve been asked a number of times why I have no social media presence for the Magicicada project. The answer is simple: Social media has changed, and many of the most common platforms host advertising or have feed algorithms that I have no control over. Because www.cicadas.uconn.edu is an educational and informational site, I want to maintain quality control. I’m looking into options, but for now my only outward-facing social media part of the cicada project is this blog.

This video shows a typical “bag cage” setup that we used for many of our experiments.

Part 2 of a talk at Fontenelle Forest Brood IV, 2015

Part 1 of a talk at Fontenelle Forest Brood IV, 2015