It’s cicada season and America is preparing for billions to emerge after 17 years of hiding

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Americans are preparing for billions of cicadas to emerge after spending 17 years underground. Some are thinking it’s their worst nightmare to see and hear the insects as they will undoubtedly swarm their yards and porches. Their semi-hard skin, that is shed off, will also be a sight to see, if there are, indeed, billions coming out. The arrival of the swaths of cicadas is being called Brood X, as it features billions of cicada nymphs that will burst from the soil, shed their skin, mate, lay eggs and then die. And, the noise of the male cicadas trying to […]

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