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Articles tagged Periodical Cicadas

  • Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada septendecim)

    | Category: Insects & Diseases | Tags: Periodical Cicadas
    Each year, somewhere in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a brood of the periodical cicadas emerges. Periodical cicadas have two distinct races based on required time to complete their life cycle: a 17-year northern race and a 13-year...