[Website Credits]
Special thanks to Nathan Erwin, Director of the
NMNH
O. Orkin Insect Zoo, Gary Hevel,
Public Information Officer with the NMNH
Department of Entomology, Sarah Grusin
and Tom Thill from NMNH Exhibits, and Chip Clark, with the
NMNH Office of the Associate Director for Research and Collections. This site
would not have been possible without their expertise, thorough diligence, and
creative efforts.
Also thanks
to
Michael Lipske
for his article "They're Back: 17 Year Cicadas" and Harold Dorwin for
his Staff photograph, John Cooley with the University of Michigan
Museum of Zoology and David Marshall of the University of Connecticut
for permission to use their cicada audio files and linked brood
maps, and last but not least, special thanks to Amanda Hevel for her permission
to use the tymbal image.