Periodical cicadas can contract fungal infections… and it’s no exaggeration to say that the fungus turns them into zombies!
Author: Cooley, John
Brood XI in the news
Biodiversity collections are an important part of the periodical cicada project. This article discusses how UCONN’s Biodiversity collections have important holdings that have been important for undertstanding the extinction of Brood XI.
Rediscovered Photos, an Unlabeled Jar Full of Cicadas, and an App
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Field Vehicle
The first vehicle I used for the mapping project was a 1991 Ford Explorer sport. This vehicle was great off road, not so much on the highway. It lasted for 197,000 miles.
My next field vehicle was a 1998 Ford Explorer. This truck wasn’t as good off road, and the suspension was not as durable as the earlier Explorer– mapping on back roads is hard on a vehicle, and I went through a lot of ball joints and IFS parts. It only made it to 130,000 miles before unsolvable electrical problems ended it.
My next field vehicle was a 2004 Subaru Forester, which lasted for 215,000 miles before rust and winter started causing unfixable problems.
The Forester played a prominent role in Marcus du Sautoy’s “The Code” on BBC.