This spring and summer, trillions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States
This spring and summer, trillions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States
By Sid Perkins
Web edition: May 12, 2013
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Two adult cicadas size each other up on a wooden railing.
Credit: rbmiles/iStockphoto
If you live in the eastern United States, get ready for a coming-out party. A really loud one. Between now and late July, cicadas will be emerging from the ground in an area that stretches from northern North Carolina to Connecticut and New York?s Hudson River Valley. When large numbers of the adult insects convene, the collective noise made by males can approach 90 decibels ? about the same as a gas-powered lawn mower.
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