Dead Cicadas Make Great Art!

Designer Joel Anderson (creator of the Cicada Invasion Collection) was inspired by all the dead cicadas around his pool, so he made a few compositions and photographed them just before his dog walked through and messed up the art!

Our Cicada Survival Gear Made National News!

On May 18th, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams did a story on the cicada invasion in Nashville. They interviewed Joel Anderson, creator of the Cicada Invasion Collection and featured our Survival Gear on the segment! It is now available to watch, if you missed it...

NEW Cicada Pasta Cooking Video!

Well, we finally got around to cooking some cicadas (just to see what all the foodies have been raving about!) Cicadas are actually a tasty protein to include in pasta sauces! Check out the video:



Our recipe included:
• 20 cicadas
• red wine
• olive oil
• butter
• toasted sesame seeds
• tomatoes
• mushrooms
• stuffed pasta
• garlic salt
• Tony’s Cajun seasoning

Cicadas Cause Technical Dificulties...

These creatures are harmless—except for their stupidity. We’ve heard of near-accidents due to hapless bugs buzzing into cars and freaking out drivers. But this is a new one: Vanderbilt Unversity is reporting problems with their cooling systems due to cicadas flying into and dying in the cooling towers! See the article...

In recent weeks, Life Flight crews have had to battle the cicadas that swarm the aircraft during take off and landing. Lis Henley is an in-flight nurse for LifeFlight. She told Nashville's News 2 the bugs immediately flock to the helicopters.

"It's just interesting how quickly they come when they hear the noise," Henley said, adding, "The noise, it's not the lighting, so day or nighttime, it's the noise they're attracted to."
Vandy’s Life Flight helicopters are also attracting cicadas. See the article...

Cicada Central Cooking Vid

Awesome new cicada cooking vid from our friends at Cicada Central. Check it out.

12 Step Program for Cicadas

There is a huge tree in front of our design firm. This is ground zero for the Poston and 29th Ave North Brood XIX (unit 116 Alpha Delta Gama.)

Creative Director Joel Anderson went out with his camera to document the 12 step program of cicadas trying to get their lives back on track after spending 13 years in dark and dirty places. After following one cicada who we will call Sammy, here is what we discovered about the 12-step cicada program:

Step 1: Admit that you are a creepy nymph and you need to change.
Step 2: Come out of your shell.
Step 3: Well... you get the picture.

Anyway, it was very interesting to see Sammy leave his former life of red-eyed sap-sucking mud-grubbing grovelling and blossom into a successful adult, ready to sing, fly, mate and die. (Above, we only show 9 of the 12 steps because he started doing some things we would rather not post on this blog!) He still has red eyes, but at least Sammy has finished the 12-step program—and with the help of billions of his reformed friends, he will never return to his former ways.

Cicadas are here!!

Over the weekend we were finally visited by our subterranean friends!  They have emerged to impose their temporary dominion, and we personally want to welcome our new red-eyed overlords. We've even rented out our reception desk to one in particular, Sammy the cicada. We've tried to cater to his needs, bringing him fresh branches and females. "Females!" he demands, and females we search for.

Here Sammy is in his new digs. You can't tell from this angle, but he's mooning the camera.

Here is Sammy's friend, Nancy the nymph. She's practicing for when she'll be able to fly into peoples' eyes.

Sammy attacked Andy for bringing him the wrong branches. We think he was just playing around, but the look in his eyes said we’d be wise to obey his every command.

Obviously, we can't express how excited we all are presently. Andy has to finish this post now, Sammy needs to use the computer.