Topic: Brood X

After 17-years living below ground, billions of cicadas belonging to Brood X are beginning to emerge across much of the eastern United States. The cicadas shed their larval skin, spread their wings, and fly out to mate, making a tremendous noise in the process. (Richard Ellis/Getty Images)

Get ready for billions of bugs

Matthew Rozsa
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Climate change is confusing cicadas

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