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17-year cicadas will emerge in parts of Michigan this year
The bugs will emerge from the ground in late May/early June and stick around for only a few weeks before laying eggs and dying
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WEST MICHIGAN â A type of cicada, known as the
17-year Cicada, will emerge from the ground this spring in parts of Michigan after being absent since 2004.
While there are types of cicadas seen in Michigan
every year, these particular periodical cicadas only show up every 17 years.
There are several groups of cicadas, known as
broods, that emerge in different locations throughout the United States, on different schedules.
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A newly emerged adult cicada suns itself on a leaf May 16, 2004 in Reston, Virginia. (Richard Ellis/Getty Images
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NORTH CAROLINA Billions of red-eyed cicadas emitting a shrill 100-decibel mating call after spending 17 years gestating underground are about to emerge and could swarm parts of North Carolina.
The Brood X insects black insects measuring more than an inch long with orange and red wings have spent their immature years in the soil. But soon they ll scramble to the surface and emerge all at once in a scene that s almost biblical.
There are 15 different types – or broods – of the cicada though, which means a type is emerging somewhere on the east coast almost every year. The last time Brood X emerged in North Carolina was 2004.
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