"Cicada-geddon": how climate influences the lifecycle of

"Cicada-geddon": how climate influences the lifecycle of trillions of cicadas

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Two broods of periodical cicadas have emerged from underground simultaneously, something that hasn't occurred in over 200 years. Trillions of the bugs swarmed the air in the Southeast and Midwest in the United States. Is this related to the climate? And how do cicadas know when to surface?

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