Periodical cicadas are the longest-living insects on earth, spending either 13 or 17 years underground before emerging to mate and complete their life cycle.
The historic 2024 cicada emergence in the upper Midwest is now underway, but with two broods of cicadas emerging this spring, some groups are urging residents.
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