You Can Eat 17-Year Cicadas Emerging In North Carolina msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Billions of 17-year periodical cicadas will emerge this spring in several Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states. Why periodical cicadas have such long life cycles the longest of any known insect is still a mystery to scientists. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
ACROSS AMERICA If your goal in 2021 is to be loud about what you want, you ll have some competition from a horde of occasional visitors to several Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states.
Prepare to say hello to a whole lot of Brood X, or Great Eastern Brood, cicadas. They only emerge from the ground in large numbers every 17 years, and they make a big impression when they do.