Cicadas Aplenty - 17-Year Cicadas Emerge 4 Years Early!

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Channel: Randall Wingett · 2017 · Pets & Animals

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Our yard and trees are abuzz with an eerie, otherworldly chorus performed by thousands of singing cicadas! Entomologists suspect a warming climate is why this brood of 17-year cicadas emerged 4 years early.  We feel fortunate to have witnessed this cicada emergence and mating frenzy in our Sterling, Virginia yard before moving to Washington State next week!

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