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WATCH: Zombie Cicadas emerge after 17 years in the USA Updated
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The rise of the Brood X Cicada happens every 17 years, but their swarming is kind of apocolyptic.
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The amazing yet somewhat creepy emergence of the Cicada is swarming up in the USA. Billions of Cicadas, which can be said to form part of the locust family, have spent 17 years below ground and have now emerged to mate.
Entomologists are excited and intrigued by the way these insects work. They have come up after hibernating for 17 years and are now calling out for potential mates so that they procreate.
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Little Pearl in Capitol Hill says it’s temporarily closing because of cicadas, according to the Washington Post. Rose’s Restaurant Group owner and chef Aaron Silverman says around 80% of the restaurant s seating is outdoors in a heavily vegetative area. We have decided to pause service at Little Pearl for 4 weeks starting May 10th in preparation for cicada season … As we tried to get as creative as possible to combat them this year, we know in good faith that a single 100 decibel cicada will ruin anyone’s dinner experience, a ‘tsunami’ of them will be impossible to control.”