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It can be hard to grasp that as many as 1.5 million cicadas can turn up on one acre of land. That is, until you hear them. “They get so loud, you can hear

We only get a disgusting opportunity like this once every 17 years so we figured we’re going to try it.

The Tri-State is at the height of the once-every-17-years Brood X cicada invasion, but this time around, there's a relatively new phenomenon taking hold of the bugs: a fungus that alters their behavior and eventually causes their bodies to fall apart.

Charter a big plane, a big airbus 330. the press goes out to dulles airport just outside d.c. they are set to take off at 9:00 p.m. tuesday night ahead of the presidents plane flying to europe for the big g7 trip. and it turns out the press plane cant go. it cant go because cicadas. you might have seen one landing on president bidens neck as he was leaving the white house to go start his leg of this trip. thats a giant cicada on him. but it was more than one. it was many more than one that appar...

Trump gets a photo op. tear gassed. >> greg: these guys are more full of crap than a septic tank at a bean factory. the authority and discretion to clear the park and the surrounding areas on june 1st. the evidence we obtain did not support a finding that the u.s. pp cleared the park to allow the president to survey the damage and walk to st. johns church. the evidence show the u.s. pp clear the park to allow the contractor to safely install the anti-scale fencing. you would expect the media hac...

It cant go because cicadas. you might have seen one landing on president bidens neck as he was leaving the white house to go start his leg of this trip. thats a cicada on him. but it was more than one, more than one that invested the plane that the press was supposed to travel on alongside the president. a spokesman for delta which operates the press plane in this case, told them that they infested and overran something called the exhilarating power unit, a small turbine engine that powers the c...

Something called the auxiliary power unit, a small turbine engine that powers the cabin and other onboard equipment. so many cicadas go into that auxiliary power unit that it broke. delta telling "usa today," quote, at issue was the presence of periodical cicadas within the apu, rendering it unworkable. we apologize to our charter customers for this rarest of entomological delays. this rarest of entomological delay. bug trouble grounds big airplane. entomological delay. that was a first for me. ...

Tuesday night. the plane with the president onboard is obviously air force one. but theres also a huge cadre of the white house press corps that is going, too. and for the press corps, they charter a big plane, a big airbus 330. and the press goes out to dulles airport, just outside of d.c. they are set to take off at 9:00 p.m. tuesday night, ahead of the presidents plane flying to europe for the big g-7 trip and it turns out the press plane cant go. it cant go because cicadas. you might have se...

>> lawrence: i would say noises, in a type of tapping, chewing. >> cicadas. >> lawrence: that annoys the hell out of me. any little noise. >> that is diagnosable. >> lawrence: i know, right? >> greg: [laughter] >> i meant that seriously and i actually believe that is a disorder. the three i think it is. >> distractions, for me, it is when especially at home and going to do one thing and five other things happened. and you reroute and you forget your original destiny. that is the story of my life...

Him alive like a plate of cicadas. >> kennedy: thank you for bringing that up. >> greg: by the way, she looks like she is suffering from indigestion or gas. >> kennedy: what? >> greg: just like this -- >> kennedy: no comment. >> greg: cnn is becoming more racist every day. they believe that you can only be a certain kind of black. and if you arent, well, this very dismissive frowning white lady come pass judgment on you and run clips to make you feel like crap and shannon is free for all at the ...