Trillions of cicadas to swarm U.S.; first double-brood emergence in 200 years
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Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2024
A rare double-emergence of cicada broods is about to swarm the eastern United States in the coming weeks, scientists say. Brood 13, which emerges every 17 years, and Brood 19, which emerges every 13, will join together for the first time since 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president. Illinois will be ground zero for this historic emergence, which is expected to sweep through ab