Every now and then cicadas invade our forests, and as it turns out, the forests love it.
"They came by the billions to the eastern US in May and June - small, cacophonous, winged bugs called "periodic" cicadas. Every 17 years they emerge from underground in landscape- shrouding droves, reproduce, then die.For humans, the cicada party is annoying. But new research suggests North American forests love it."
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Posted on: Wednesday, December 1st 2004