Tag: cicada

The cicadas are coming: Large-scale mating post-pandemic.

By psychologistmimi on April 15, 2021 • ( 3 Comments )

The year 2021 marks the return of the cicadas. It would have been way more fitting last year. Yet, here we go. After 17 years, millions of large cicada will emerge aboveground. This group of cicadas that is about to emerge, is known as Brood X (as in […]

Things that go Bump in the Night in Suburbia

By psychologistmimi on October 3, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

It’s funny that when I move to Berkeley more than a decade ago people were surprised when I stated that I was actually scared to walk alone at night there. People would look at me quizzically and ask “well, aren’t you from New York?” Meaning, New York is […]