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Cicadas are awakening 4 years early. It’s not a sign of the apocalypse but a scientific mystery
Vox ^ | May 18, 2017 | Brian Resnick

Posted on 05/19/2017 7:41:12 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: baltimore; bugs; cicada; cicadas; climatechange; globalwarming; insect; maryland; virginia; washington; washingtondc
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To: blueunicorn6

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


41 posted on 05/19/2017 8:48:50 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: EdnaMode

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


42 posted on 05/19/2017 8:54:16 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Red Badger

https://www.wimp.com/tinnitus-cure-attempted-by-people-with-tinnitus/


43 posted on 05/19/2017 8:54:27 AM PDT by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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To: EdnaMode; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Cicada time! Trump’s fault!

Maryland “Freak State” DANG!


44 posted on 05/19/2017 11:33:50 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The GOP-e: supporting the Democrat agenda)
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To: House Atreides

Magnetic field disturbances?


45 posted on 05/19/2017 11:35:10 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: EdnaMode

:)


46 posted on 05/19/2017 11:37:26 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

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


47 posted on 05/19/2017 11:43:59 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The GOP-e: supporting the Democrat agenda)
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To: EdnaMode
Cicadas are back four years early

Apparently, their Cicadian rhythms are somewhat off…

48 posted on 05/19/2017 12:25:59 PM PDT by mikrofon (Weekend BUMP)
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To: EdnaMode

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.


49 posted on 05/19/2017 2:31:57 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: GreenHornet

LOL!


50 posted on 05/19/2017 2:33:09 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: GreenHornet

LOL!


51 posted on 05/19/2017 2:33:10 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: central_va

Exactly that kind.


52 posted on 05/19/2017 2:34:18 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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