Cicadas are awakening 4 years early. It’s not a sign of the apocalypse but a scientific mystery

Vox ^ | May 18, 2017 | Brian Resnick

[EdnaMode]

n 2004, billions upon billions of shrimp-size insects took to the skies in the mid-Atlantic United States, covering entire houses, blaring extremely loud noises, and littering forests with their exoskeletons. When the swarm was finally over, the insects — cicadas — laid their eggs in the ground. Residents were told these creatures wouldn’t emerge again for another 17 years.

The cicadas had other plans.

Reports in Baltimore and the Washington, DC, metro area indicate that a small group of the cicadas — a group called Brood X — are emerging from the ground to molt, mate, and make noise. They weren’t supposed to return until 2021.

[FirstFlaBn]

Maxine Waters (similar IQ) told them to come out early or they’d miss impeachment.

[al_c]

We have them every year here in Texas. It’s the sound of summer.

[spankalib]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Cicada time! Trump’s fault!

Maryland “Freak State” DANG!

[mdmathis6]

Magnetic field disturbances?

[Bigg Red]

:)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

In 2004, I would be driving down the DC Beltway and seeing them whizzing past my car.

[mikrofon]

Cicadas are back four years early

Apparently, their Cicadian rhythms are somewhat off…

[sauropod]

Yep. Ol’ Red Eyes is back.

I remember in 1987 driving through Rock Creek Park when they were in full swing. The sound was deafening, ethereal, and quite unsettling.

It’s a sound one should hear in their lifetime. ‘Pod.

[sauropod]

LOL!

[sauropod]

LOL!

[sauropod]

Exactly that kind.