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Pennsylvania farm scene on the 17 year cicada
Secretary of Agriculture notes the periodical cicada's 17 year underground cycle and five week above ground display in 16 western Pennsylvania counties. He explains myths about stinging and feeding, describes the female’s egg-laying damage to trees, and lists the eight known brooks with Brook VIII current year and Brook X due in 1970 across central to eastern Pennsylvania.
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Leland H. Bull
Pennsylvania
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