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Here come the cicadas!

A green cicada insect with big eyes emerges from a papery brown exoskeleton.
Newly emerged cicada from a 2017 emergence in Minnesota. (USDA Forest Service photo by Sjana Schanning) A hotly anticipated cicada double brood is expected to emerge across much of the eastern United States from late April through May this year. It’s been over two centuries since these two…
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Cicadas stir up a ruckus

Periodical cicadas aggregate on trees growing out in the open, such as on lawns and in parks. While they can overwhelm saplings in some extreme cases, they are not known to have any serious negative impacts on mature trees.
Periodical Cicadas are unique to certain regions of North America. Scientists have mapped 23 broods of 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas across an area that spans from eastern Texas to Massachusetts. Pedestrians scurry up and down the central boulevard, peering nervously upwards at the interlocking…
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