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Don’t Let the Massive Emergence of Cicadas Bug Your Cooling Tower Performance

With a double brood of cicadas forecasted to awaken, now is the time to prepare for how to deal with the mess they will leave behind and the potential damage they can do to equipment.




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Bug Expert Explains Why Cicadas Are So Loud

Why are cicadas so freakin' loud? Entomologist Samuel Ramsey has the answers. Dr. Sammy explains why it's so important for cicadas to gather in large groups and make lots of noise.





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At local festival, cicadas on the mind and menu

Once-in-17-year event in West Virginia brings out the bright and brave to study – and eat! – cicadas.




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Why Some Cicadas Have Reason to Brood: Potential Extinction

​Periodical cicadas live underground for 13 or 17 years before emerging to mate, lay eggs and die off, and today, there are 15 known broods in the U.S. There used to be 16 and the current number may dwindle if the teetering Brood VII goes extinct.