A 13 year periodical cicada emergence is underway in St. Louis! UMSL Biology Assistant Professor Sara Miller and History Professor Andrew Hurley have joined forces with Aimee Dunlap to study how this cicada emergence is influenced by current and historic patterns of land use in St. Louis.
Not everyone is as excited by the cicada emergence as we are, but we have been happy to talk to the press in our efforts to recruit members of the community to help us collect data.
STL|PR joined Sara and Aimee in the field at Lafayette Square Park and we joined them in the studio to talk about cicadas and the why insects are so cool. And Aimee was interviewed by the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
We are looking forward to the analysis phase of this project!
Dunlap Cognitive Ecology Lab 