Buzz Kill
One of the joys of being the resident entomologist in my family and circle of friends is that I frequently receive “What’s this bug?” texts [...]
Urban Cicada Safari
On September 2, as the 9-5ers emptied out of downtown Raleigh, we gathered near the State Legislature Building to embark on an urban insect adventure. [...]
Meet the Worker Bees: Liza the Urban Buzz Intern
Summer is nearly here which means the field season is now in full swing! Last week Lauren began a new photo series on the blog [...]
Send Us Your Dead Cicadas!
Periodical cicadas are emerging in several locations throughout the South and Midwest this summer: Louisiana, Mississippi Ohio, Kentucky Iowa, Illinois AND WE NEED YOUR HELP! [...]
That Wonderful Time of the Year (for Cicada Citizen Science)
For the last few weeks, I’ve been eagerly scanning my Twitter feed for updates about the emergence of this year’s broods of periodical cicadas (Magicicada [...]
Cicada Collection Pro-Tips
Today, the Your Wild Life team took a cicada safari to Greensboro to collect some dead cicadas for the Urban Buzz project. We figured we [...]
Reading Round-Up: Cicada Edition!
It’s been quite awhile since we shared links on a related theme with y’all and since we’re in the midst of some self-induced [...]
Buzzing about cicadas: Launching a new project!
Over the last few weeks, we’ve watched and envied reports and photos coming from those of you living within the emergence zone of [...]
Going on a Cicada Hunt
Last Thursday, cicada expert Dr. Chris Simon dropped by the Daily Planet Theatre at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences to talk about periodical cicadas. [...]
Carpe Cicada!
As a kid, I never could sleep well on Christmas Eve. The anticipation of Santa’s visit (and the pile of wrapped presents he [...]