periodical cicada: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: University of Illinois Extension - Periodical Cicadas (PDF). Oct 30, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - Decoding the periodical cicada clock: field evidence and genomic insights. Sep 18, 2026
Add new Web site: PennState Extension - Periodical Cicada. Jan 09, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Periodical cicadas use light for oviposition site selection. Oct 03, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at Kennesaw State University - Fire and periodical cicadas: impacts on soil nutrients and Fire and periodical cicadas: impacts on soil nutrients and understory plant germination (PDF). Aug 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange - SP341-F Insects: Periodical Cicadas (PDF). Jul 16, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Massachusetts Amherst - Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment - Periodical Cicada. Apr 24, 2025
Revised mention of the 2024 brood emergences. Mar 04, 2025
Add new Web site: Kyoto University Research Information Repository - Life-cycle control of 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas: A hypothesis and its implication in the evolutionary process (PDF). Mar 01, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Regularities and irregularities in periodical cicada evolution. Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: UCONN Periodical Cicada Information Pages - General Periodical Cicada Information. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Predation-driven geographical isolation of broods in periodical cicadas. Sep 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History - Periodical Cicadas. Aug 14, 2024
Media added. May 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Virginia Cooperative Extension - Publications and Educational Resources - Periodical Cicada. May 13, 2024
New article added. Mar 25, 2024
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