Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Cicada mania
By Charles W. Jones
The Cincinnati Enquirer
More than 5 billion periodical 17-year cicadas are about to emerge across
Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Called Brood X, the cicadas are expected
to begin surfacing en masse between this Sunday and May 19.
• Periodical cicada
• A 17-year lifecycle
• What's the buzz?
• A closer look
• Brood X in the Tristate
• A history lesson
• Bet you didn't know
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Compared to other bugs
Sources: Gene Kritsky, Lester Daniels, Janet Stein
Carter, http://www.cicadamania.org, http://biology.clc.uc.edu/steincarter/cicadas.htm,
http://www.msj.edu/cicada, Gannett News Service
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