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Americans brace for rare, creepy billion-bug assault AFP, WASHINGTON They have spent close to two decades buried underground, waiting for the right moment to emerge — before pouring forth by the billions, filling the air with an ear-piercing racket, and covering walls and floors from the US east coast to the Midwest. No, it is not a horror film — not exactly — but rather the regular, if very infrequent, arrival of the cicada, a thumb-sized insect with alarmingly wide-set eyes and membrano...

Americans brace for a rare and creepy billion-bug invasion AFP/Washington A cicada rests on the grass in Alexandria, Virginia. (AFP file) Every 17 years, these periodical cicadas emerge just long enough to mate, lay eggs... and die They have spent close to two decades buried underground, waiting for the right moment to emerge — before pouring forth by the billions, filling the air with an ear-piercing racket and covering walls and floors from the US east coast to the Midwest. No, it’s not a...

WASHINGTON, March 15 — They have spent close to two decades buried underground, waiting for the right moment to emerge — before pouring forth by the billions, filling the air with an ear-piercing racket and covering walls and floors from the US east coast to the Midwest. No, it’s not a horror...