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, a new Vox reporting initiative on the science, politics, and economics of the biodiversity crisis. Next month, billions of cicadas will erupt from the earth across parts of the eastern US, crawl up trees, shed their skin, and begin a loud hunt for mates. These particular insects are part of a group known as Brood X that emerges once every 17 years. And when they do, the lacy-winged critters hang around for two to four weeks before dying, assuming they don’t get nabbed by birds, pet dogs, or a hungry zoo animal first. But while their lives in the sun may be just a noisy blip, the members of Brood X will certainly leave a mark on forests from Tennessee to New York. ....
Scientific American Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom Billions of emerging insects will likely trigger predator population surges but some species mysteriously opt out of such bounties Advertisement This spring’s emergence of periodical cicadas in the eastern U.S. will make more than a buzz. Their bodies which will number in the billions will also create an unparalleled food fest for legions of small would-be predators, including many birds and mammals. But some animals may benefit more than others, and any boost predator populations get from the coming buffet of winged insects will likely be short-lived, researchers say. ....
The Atlantic Cicadas Know How to End a Multiyear Lockdown Billions of bugs are about to burst out of the ground to begin the mass gathering of a lifetime. It’s hard not to feel jealous. Grant Heilman / Alamy A lot can change in 17 years. The last time the cicadas were here, the virus behind the SARS outbreak had finally retreated. George W. Bush was campaigning for his second presidential term, and Myspace had commenced its meteoric rise. Tobey Maguire was still the reigning Spider-Man. The year was 2004, and a roaring mass of red-eyed, black-bodied insects had just mated and died and left behind billions of baby bugs, heirs of the hallowed Brood X, to burrow into the soil for a lonely stint underground. ....
Cicadas Know How to End a Multiyear Lockdown Katherine J. Wu A lot can change in 17 years. The last time the cicadas were here, the virus behind the SARS outbreak had finally retreated. George W. Bush was campaigning for his second presidential term, and Myspace had commenced its meteoric rise. Tobey Maguire was still the reigning Spider-Man. The year was 2004, and a roaring mass of red-eyed, black-bodied insects had just mated and died and left behind billions of baby bugs, heirs of the hallowed Brood X, to burrow into the soil for a lonely stint underground. Now, as the world attempts to trounce a new SARS-like virus, these orphaned insects are resurfacing for their first taste of sunlight in nearly two decades. By mid-May or so, a dozen states in the Mid-Atlantic, South, and Midwest will be bombarded with teenage bugs, creaking out choruses of come-hither calls some as loud as lawn mowers and jonesing for sex. For a few short, glorious weeks, the ne ....