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Cicada Swarm: Everything You Need To Know About The Brood X Periodical Insects
After 17-years, the cicada is rearing its head, just in time for the summer.
This group of insects is known as the Brood X periodical cicada, and they are expected to make an appearance in at least 15 states of the East Coast and Midwest this season.
At first, cicadas have a white appearance, which sheds as they develop an exoskeleton and their yellow and black coloring.
During their reemergence, the cicadas will shed their skin and spend the next four to six weeks mating, when the females will lay up to 500 eggs each and then die, NPR said.
Full of protein, gluten-free, low-fat and low-carb, cicadas were used as a food source by Native Americans and are still eaten by humans in many countries.