{"id":110385,"date":"2021-01-27T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T13:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=110385"},"modified":"2021-01-27T13:24:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T13:24:16","slug":"deafening-invasion-of-head-splitting-cicadas-to-bombard-east-coast-after-17-year-hibernation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/deafening-invasion-of-head-splitting-cicadas-to-bombard-east-coast-after-17-year-hibernation\/","title":{"rendered":"Deafening invasion of \u2018head-splitting\u2019 cicadas to bombard East Coast after 17-year hibernation"},"content":{"rendered":"
A DEAFENING invasion of cicadas is expected to bombard the East Coast, after the critters have lain dormant for 17 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n A particularly loud breed of the winged insects will soon emerge from their slumber pods, where they had been hibernating since their last mass appearance in 2004.<\/p>\n Brood X, or the Great Eastern Brood, is a variety of periodical cicada, USA Today reported.<\/p>\n Unlike greenish, annual cicadas, periodical cicadas have black bodies and bold red eyes. They were unique to North America.<\/p>\n Brood X was known for the critters' deafening buzz, which was described as sitting between a "buzz" and a "rattle".<\/p>\n John Cooley, an entomologist (insect scientist) at the University of Connecticut, acknowledged that most people didn\u2019t realise the bugs were \u201calways there\u201d.<\/p>\n They lived underground in a \u201cwingless nymph form\u201d and would feed on sap from tree roots before their reemergence into the world.<\/p>\n Their next reappearance was expected in Spring, when they were expected to surface in 15 states: Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n Howard Russell, entomologist at Michigan State University, said things would get \u201cpretty loud\u201d when the bugs reared their heads.<\/p>\n Source: National Geographic<\/p>\n They would burrow their way to the surface when soils reached a certain temperature.<\/p>\n At this point, Russell said they would climb up on the nearest thing they could find, and molt for the final time.<\/p>\n \u201cAt that time they are white \u2013 their exoskeleton hasn\u2019t hardened yet. That takes five or six days.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThen the adult is ready to look for a mate.\u201d<\/p>\n It was not known what changed in the critters\u2019 17th year of hibernation, that prompted their reappearance.<\/p>\n The ear-splitting sound that the bugs were known for meant that the male cicadas were up in the trees, where they were trying to attract a female.<\/p>\n After mating, the female cicadas would lay eggs in soft new twigs, using a sharp organ to cut into the branches.<\/p>\n Laid eggs would hatch in six-ten weeks.<\/p>\n After the baby cicadas had hatched, they would burrow into the ground and begin the lengthy process again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\nHOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CICADAS?<\/h3>\n
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BUGS EMERGE AFTER 17 YEAR HIBERNATION<\/h3>\n