Comments on: How do Cicadas Keep Track of Time?

By: Round-Up Ready: Cicada Edition | On a Quasi-Related Note

Round-Up Ready: Cicada Edition | On a Quasi-Related Note — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:47:06 +0000

[…] there is a great summary of an elegant experiment that sought to understand how these cicadas manage to keep track of time, hint: it involves tree rings. Oddly enough, it turns out that discovering the mating secrets of […]

By: Cicada frenzy! | Tom Houslay

Cicada frenzy! | Tom Houslay — Sun, 26 May 2013 20:02:33 +0000

[…] the soil back in 1996. Over at his ‘Biodiversity in Focus’ blog, Morgan Jackson details how these noisy insects manage to time their emergence so accurately (some might say it’s due to cicada-ian rhythms, RIGHT? RIGHT? […]

By: Gil

Gil — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:27:36 +0000

Awesome post Morgs!! Nice find on that article!

By: Expiscor (13 May 2013) | Arthropod Ecology

Expiscor (13 May 2013) | Arthropod Ecology — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:09:38 +0000

[…] days! So many stories and blog posts out there, including contributions from Carl Zimmer and Morgan Jackson. I also love this little photo selection of ‘cute’ cicadas. They are indeed lovely […]

By: Morsels for the mind – 10/5/2013 | Six Incredible Things Before Breakfast

Morsels for the mind – 10/5/2013 | Six Incredible Things Before Breakfast — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:33:21 +0000

[…] do cicadas keep know when to be coming? Here’s what we know. And what remains to be determined.When in search of a bigger buzz, bumblebees might have what is […]