Cicada-licious

AFTER 17 YEARS UNDERGROUND, billions of Magicicada Brood X -- also known as periodical cicadas -- began to emerge earlier this month from New York to Illinois to Georgia. Those who experienced the 1987 emergence of Brood X might remember how frightening clouds of the red-eyed, transparent-winged bugs can be, and the deafening buzzing of up to 100,000 cicadas per ... (Full Article: 305 Words)

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