For cicadas, it is safety in numbers. Does climate change end their time?
by A cicada synonymous with its brood is a cicada with chance. The emergence of the insect’s synchronization is an evolutionary strategy, scientists say. Birds, raccoons …
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Billions of insects evolved during a double brood invasion
Tens of billions of noisy cicadas are set to emerge from the ground in the coming weeks in a rare synchronized event that took place …
Explanation-When the double brood of cicadas come out
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Parts of the United States are about to experience a rare natural phenomenon with the simultaneous emergence of two …
2 cicada broods are reuniting for the first time in 221 years — and they’ll meet in Illinois
Cicada Safari Press, Tyler Le/BI Two broods of periodical cicadas are emerging simultaneously for the first time in 221 years. Broods XIII and XIX overlap …