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		<title>A Cicada and a Herkimer Diamond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cicadas spend most of their lives tunneling through soil. Herkimer Diamonds &#8212; doubly terminated quartz crystals &#8212; are found in the soil of Herkimner, New York. Sometimes they&#8217;re found together. Last weekend I met a Herkimer diamond prospector Just Herks at a local rock and mineral show. She had this photo of a cicada nymph [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>In search of Brood XV (15)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Brood II]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Magicicada periodical cicadas are categorized into broods (see brood chart). Each brood has a unique 17 or 13-year interval of time where cicadas hatch, burrow into soil, tunnel underground feeding off roots for 99% of their life, emerge as nymphs, molt, fly, gather, scream, and reproduce. Brood II has been emerging every 17 years possibly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 Brood II Straggler game plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brood II, a brood of Magicicada found in Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia, is set to emerge in the year 2030, but some Brood II stragglers will emerge in 2026. Update (5/19/2026): Stragglers are emerging from different broods across the U.S. A heat wave in the north-east [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 Cicada Publications</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[February The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Los Amigos Biostation, Peru with the description of a new species and three new records for Peru Highlight: &#8220;The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Los Amigos Biostation, Peru are identified. Twenty-eight species representing 13 genera, three tribes, and two subfamilies were collected between August and December 2024. Guyalna protrudusa Sanborn [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2025 Cicada Publications</title>
		<link>https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2025-cicada-publications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a list of research publications about cicadas in 2025. It is a work in progress. December The taxonomic position of the cicada genera Mura Distant, 1905 and Muraoides Sanborn, 2018 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) Highlight: Genera Mura and Muraoides are moved to a new tribe. Author: Allen F. Sanborn Publication information: Zootaxa. VOL. 5728 NO. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2025 Morning Cicada Review &#8211; teneral cicadas hardening wings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is Part 3 of my 2025 Morning Cicada (Swamp Cicada, Neotibicen tibicen tibicen) review. These photos are of cicadas that have recently molted from their nymphal skins and are expanding and hardening their wings. Expanding wings, with a few wrinkles Wings hardening and folded against the cicadas&#8217;s body. Interesting blue-green eye color Wings hardening [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2025 Morning Cicada Review &#8211; Molting Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is part 2 of 2025 Morning Cicada (Swamp Cicada, Neotibicen tibicen tibicen) photos. A cicada pushing its way out of its skin: The cicada out of its skin, beginning to inflate its wings. A hemolymph bubble on the cicada&#039;s wing. An injury that is usually not fatal. The cicada with every part but the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2025 Morning Cicada Review &#8211; the nymphs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2025 was a good year for Morning (aka Swamp aka Neotibicen tibicen tibicen) cicadas in New Jersey. The nymph season lasted from the second week of July to the third week of August. Each year I post the images and videos of Morning Cicadas that I take. Here&#8217;s the first post in the 2025 series: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Nanai Cicadas of Fiji are back after 8-years! Fiji is issuing stamps to celebrate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 05:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Nanai cicadas (Raiateana knowlesi (Distant, 1907)) of Fiji are back after 8-years, and Fiji is issuing stamps to celebrate their emergence. Update! If you want to see what the Nanai look like, visit the Cicada Discussion, Science and Study Group on Facebook and view Elias Bonaro&#8217;s 9/22 post. Nanai cicadas are special because they [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Huechys phaenicura (Germar, 1834) from Antique, Panay Is., Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Neo Scott allowed us to share his images and sound files of the cicada Huechys phaenicura. Neo Scott is a cicada expert who you should follow on iNaturalist and X. He found the Huechys phaenicura cicada species in Antique, Panay Is., Philippines. Huechys phaenicura is related to &#8220;the medicinal cicada&#8221; Huechys sanguinea, and both cicadas [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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