Billions of cicadas will emerge, producing an unique phenomenon
At some point late this spring, under a cape of darkness, a crowd of bulbous-eyed bugs will emerge from underground, where they've invested the majority of their lives feeding from the sap of tree roots. They will scoot up the very first trees they can discover, leaving their exoskeletons as they molt, shedding old shells as they establish those hallmark wings.The males will quickly start to give off a buzzing sound, before the female bugs join them in a chorus of clicks-- a cacophony of breeding sounds that will swell in a matter of days.This distinct natural symphony will act as an unmissable signal that 2 broods of cicadas have actually emerged from belowground for an uncommon, dually-occurring go back to the world above. "That noise can be so loud," stated Tamra Reall, an entomologist ...