Suffering Cicadas, They're All Over the Place!! (Page 2)

Now it's time for the cicadas to become adults, mate and lay new eggs. They start burrowing back up to the surface through dime-sized tunnels. Boy, have they ever come out . . . in numbers reaching the billions!

The cicadas long ago circled 2004 on their calendars as the year to party. Okay, they don't really have calenders or pens, and they don't exactly party. But they do know--scientists are not sure how--that now is the time to buzz off in search of mates.

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