Tammy
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"Brood X is likely to be the largest insect emergence on Earth," said Keith Clay, a cicada expert at Indiana University.
Starting this week, across much of the eastern United States, from Georgia north to southern New York and as far west as Illinois, the cicadas will emerge from their 17 years of sucking on tree roots underground to engage in a two-week orgy of calling, mating, laying eggs and then dying.
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and since this is a Yuk thread - I though I'd post this shot from when we painted the living room. My husband was taking a break from peeling off the wallpaper when from a distance he looked at the wall and saw this....
"Brood X is likely to be the largest insect emergence on Earth," said Keith Clay, a cicada expert at Indiana University.
Starting this week, across much of the eastern United States, from Georgia north to southern New York and as far west as Illinois, the cicadas will emerge from their 17 years of sucking on tree roots underground to engage in a two-week orgy of calling, mating, laying eggs and then dying.
"
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and since this is a Yuk thread - I though I'd post this shot from when we painted the living room. My husband was taking a break from peeling off the wallpaper when from a distance he looked at the wall and saw this....