Emergent Periodical Cicada Nymphs Use Skototaxis to Navigate to Trees

Martha R. Weiss, Sean B. Menke, Pablo Frank-Bolton, Mariana Abarca, John T. Lill

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DOI: 10.1086/741447
Published: 2026-09-01
Container: The American Naturalist
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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@article{allodium:10.1086/741447,
  title = {Emergent Periodical Cicada Nymphs Use Skototaxis to Navigate to Trees},
  author = {Martha R. Weiss and Sean B. Menke and Pablo Frank-Bolton and Mariana Abarca and John T. Lill},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The American Naturalist},
  doi = {10.1086/741447},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1086/741447}
}

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TI  - Emergent Periodical Cicada Nymphs Use Skototaxis to Navigate to Trees
AU  - Martha R. Weiss
AU  - Sean B. Menke
AU  - Pablo Frank-Bolton
AU  - Mariana Abarca
AU  - John T. Lill
PY  - 2026
JO  - The American Naturalist
DO  - 10.1086/741447
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Weiss, M. R., Menke, S. B., Frank-Bolton, P., Abarca, M., & Lill, J. T. (2026). Emergent Periodical Cicada Nymphs Use Skototaxis to Navigate to Trees. The American Naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1086/741447

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