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Cicada Summer has arrived

Cicada Summer has arrived

Kaylah Curley, Managing Editor June 3, 2021

Trillions of Brood X cicadas rose from underground after 17 years of hibernation. This is the first time the colony has emerged since 2004. As the temperature of the ground has reached 64 degrees,...

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Prepare for Insect-geddon: 2004’s cicadas are about to wake up

Sarah Lambert, Managing Editor April 6, 2021

It was the spring of 2004, same-sex marriage was legalized for the first time in Massachusetts, John Kerry and George W. Bush were gearing up for the election, and an apocalyptic invasion of insects...

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