periodical cicada in English

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an American cicada whose nymphs emerge from the soil in large numbers periodically. The mature nymphs of the northern species ( seventeen-year locust ) emerge every seventeen years; those of the southern species emerge every thirteen years. A cicada brood can be so abundant that the shrill sound emitted by the males can damage the human ear.
It is not known how periodical cicadas synchronize their life cycles over 13 or 17 years - or how they manage to count out the years.
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1. May 2013 (RL) Active Periodical Cicada Broods of the United States

2. While periodical Cicada broods are enormous and remarkably synchronized, once in a …

3. Other names: Cicadas are also called 17 year Locust, Cicada insects and Periodical Cicada

4. Brood Origins Periodical cicada Broods fit together like puzzle pieces, in both time and space

5. Active Periodical Cicada Broods of the United States USDA Forest Service is an equal opportunity employer and provider

6. Brood XIX (2024) Brood XXII (2014) Brood XXIII (2015) Active Periodical Cicada Broods of the United States USDA Forest Service is an equal opportunity employer and provider

7. What is a periodical Cicada? Periodical Cicadas, sometimes referred to as 1 7-year Cicadas, are large, flying insects that are known for the loud buzzing noise that males make to attract female mates

8. Brood XIX, a 13-year brood of periodical cicadas, has the largest distribution of the periodical cicada Broods, being reported from Maryland south to Georgia, westward through Arkansas and easternmost Oklahoma, and north into southern Iowa.

9. Periodical cicada Brood X (10) will emerge in the spring of 2021 in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York (extinct or nearly so), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C