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Billions of Cicadas About to Swarm Big Swaths of the U.S. – Nerdist
Billions of cicadas, all belonging to “Brood X,” are about to swarm over giant swaths of the U.S. for the first time in 17 years.
Some of the northeast and central parts of the U.S. are about to experience the kind of plague you’d read about in Exodus. Or see in a plot-twisty M. Night Shyamalan movie. Billions of cicadas will erupt from the ground and swarm about for their once-every-17-years mating cycle. And not only are the cicadas about to put on one heck of a show, but they will also enjoy one heck of feast.
NBC News reported on the incoming cicada swarm, which entomologists have dubbed Brood X. Brood X, or Brood 10the…
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