The Cicadas Are Here, The Cicadas Are Here!
If you’ve ventured outside recently in the four-state area, then you’ve probably been greeted by the loud and rhythmic buzzing of cicadas. It’s the return of “Brood X” – the largest group of cicadas that make an appearance every seventeen years in the Central-Atlantic states along the Eastern seaboard. For the next few weeks, millions of these insects will emerge after their long slumber – and for a month or so they will molt, eat, mate, and then drop dead,…