We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Combining Data from Citizen Scientists and Weather Stations to Define Emergence of Periodical Cicadas, Magicicada Davis spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae).
- Authors
Raupp, Michael J.; Sargent, Chris; Harding, Nancy; Kritsky, Gene
- Abstract
The appearance of periodical cicadas, Magicicada Davis spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), in the United States has been a source of wonder, confusion, and consternation from the time of colonization to the present. The ability to forecast the emergence of periodical cicadas has practical implications to homeowners, urban foresters, nursery growers, and orchardists trying to protect young trees from cicada damage, and to educators and the media as they teach and inform diverse audiences. By linking large numbers of cicada sightings collected on cellular phones by citizen scientists using the Cicada Safari app with widely available web-based weather data, we define dates, days of the year, and accumulated degree days for sightings of 17-year Brood X straggler cicadas. We present a procedure for coupling observations made by citizen scientists with data from weather stations to track patterns of cicada emergence which may have applicability throughout the range of periodical cicadas in the United States.
- Subjects
MARYLAND; PERIODICAL cicada; MAGICICADA; FRESHWATER ecology; FISH populations
- Publication
Maryland Entomologist, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 4, p31
- ISSN
0275-8652
- Publication type
Article