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The cicadas are coming! Here’s how to make that fun for kids. Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh © Photograph by Michael Ventura / Alamy Brood X cicadas like this one in Maryland were last seen in 2004. Virginia mom Abby Doble s five- and seven-year-old are ready for some noisy visitors. “They still have old exoskeletons they collected last year,” she says. But those exoskeletons were from annual cicadas. What’s coming now is bigger … much bigger. © Photograph by Jonathan Larsen / Diadem Images / Alamy A full-grown Brood X cicada hangs out in Washington, D.C. Think: trillions of insects. This is “Brood X” (as in “Brood 10”), a regional group of periodical cicadas that emerges just once every 17 years. If you live in one of the states that’s expecting the bevy of bugs, your kids are likely feeling the excitement. Here’s the buzz on what’s up with these visitors and ways their arrival can help teach children some six-legged STEM.

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