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Cicadas Ready to Sing as 17-Year Cycle Repeats
The article explains the emergence cycle of periodical cicadas, 17 years underground before a brief, loud mating season. It notes the misnamed locust tag, sap diet, egg-laying damage as natural pruning, and predators shaping their short adult life. It also mentions 13-year cicadas in the South and the precise biological timing underlying the event.
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Henry Dybas
Field Museum of Natural History