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They’re back! 17-year cicadas return to N.C.

They’re back! 17-year cicadas return to N.C., News & Observer, April 13, 2013. One the world’s largest and most unusual swarms of insects will invade portions of North Carolina and other states along the East Coast later this month when billions of 17-year cicadas emerge from their underground homes for a rowdy, monthlong mating spree. Clyde Sorenson, entomology, featured.