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Brood X: The Cicada Podcast will include questions from the public – including students – submitted to Kritsky by email (BroodX@wvxu.org) or by using the Talk2Us feature on the free WVXU app.
Cicadas clustered on a tree.
Credit Gene Kritsky / Mt. St. Joseph University
Along with the podcast, Kritsky and Mt. St. Joseph are launching the Cicada Safari mobile app and the CicadaSafari.org website, which have cicada information, history, maps and activities.
"We are really needing people to report cicadas via the free app Cicada Safari, which was developed with the help of students at the Center for IT Engagement at the Mount," says Kritsky, who has written two books on cicadas, including the new