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Agriculture experts provides talks all things mosquitos and ticks, as well as, how to avoid them as temperatures warm up.

By Sarah Tate Apr 15, 2021 As we shed the winter weather and move into the warmer months, theres one thing we know for sure that is on the way: cicadas. After 17 years, Brood X, also called Brood 10, will make their way into the world in mid-May, according to WRAL. Billions of the little flying creatures will burrow out from their underground slumber and seemingly cover every available service outside and sound the chorus that only they can produce. North Carolinians know all too well the ca...

Cicada season coming over next few weeks Cicada season coming over next few weeks By Steve Ohnesorge | April 14, 2021 at 6:36 PM EDT - Updated April 14 at 6:36 PM MORGANTON, N.C. (WBTV) - For many people in Carolinas, earplugs might be a good thing to put on the shopping list. Within a few weeks, the emergence of Cicadas will begin. The red-eyed, flying, noisemaker settles in the trees every May, depending on the variety. They live as larvae deep underground for 13 or 17 years, depending...