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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.

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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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