Trillions of Cicadas Emerge After 17 Years

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WASHINGTON - After a 17-year nap, trillions of red-eyed insects are crawling their way above ground in 14 states, including West Virginia, and the nation's capital.

Loudmouthed and ugly, the cicadas will fly clumsily into pets, bushes and unwitting pedestrians as they engage in a frenetic mating ritual that lasts well into June.

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Trillions of Cicadas Emerge After 17 Years

Then they'll disappear for another 17 years.

Keith Clay, a biologist and cicada researcher at Indiana University in Bl...

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