Cicada Safari

People have been recording periodical cicada emergences for nearly four centuries. These maps have been critical in verifying the cicadas’ long life cycles and the relationships of the broods to each other.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Education	Free	Chad Montag	iPhone, iPad, iPod

Help us map the 2020 emergence with Cicada Safari! Your submitted photos will be used to determine the range of Brood IX across several states.

Reviews

Bad App
Gac-53

I installed this app and then tried to create an account but it won’t accept any password that I try to enter on setup. Without an account the app is worthless so I uninstalled it. It was a waste of my time.

PW
triotenor

It won’t accept my pw. It was a 7 letters, #, and a 4 digit number

Technology Is amazing!
Supah Awesome

I loved going cicada hunting when I was little with my dad! So many happy memories. This is so nostalgic and makes it so much easier. I love when technology helps get kids outside more and this will be a really fun experience for my nieces and nephews!

Informative & Unique App
cava2094

Signed in through my Facebook and had no issues with creating an account ! Super easy to navigate, gives lots of information on the types of cicadas you’ll be seeing and if they’re been spotted in surrounding areas. You can even add pictures and videos of the ones you’ve spotted to see how they compare in different cities. Where I live we don’t get them often so it’s neat to see them being tracked and see where they pop up. Will be interesting to see them once they have their large emergence.

Cannot create account or log in
Erink_pgh

Fails to create account. Can’t log in because password fills and keyboards keep popping up and hiding fields. No support address and link here just goes to university home page. Do not want to use Facebook or Google logins. :(

Signing in
phylfree

First tine it was easy signing in, after that impossible. This isnt high tech secrets, just cicadas

Awesome App! Love Cicadas!
kdrbear

This app is interesting and has fun interactive tools! I can’t wait until my first Cicada citing so I can upload a picture to help track this unusual insect and it’s emergence where I live. Thank you to the creators behind this amazing app!?

Disappointing
harlirex

I uploaded 7 photos of cicadas I spotted over the course of 5 days and not one has shown up on the map yet. So the “current sightings” map must not be very current if it’s that slow to update. It’s very frustrating seeing sightings added to the map and feeling like you’re not able to participate. Time will tell if my photos are ever added. 5+ days is way to slow IMO.