Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America
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Washington: They re loud. And for one special, cacophonous month up to a trillion of them will engulf suburbs and woodlands across America. Two cic...
Washington: They're loud. And for one special, cacophonous month up to a trillion of them will engulf suburbs and woodlands across America.
Two cicada "broods" are set for a rare double emergence that last occurred in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president and the United States purchased Louisiana from France.
The prospect of another natural wonder just weeks after a total solar eclipse across much of the country has gripped scientists and the public alike.
'Insects of history'
Cicadas comprise a diverse family of over 3,000 insect species found globally, with the majority of their lives spent underground in a larval state.