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Cicadas a Party for Forests

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

Category: Science(16)