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NEWS and REPORTS => World News => Topic started by: HuffingtonPost on May 12, 2013, 12:30 AM

Title: This Is What Cicadas Sound Like
Post by: HuffingtonPost on May 12, 2013, 12:30 AM
The cicadas are coming (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/the-cicadas-are-coming-locusts-17-years_n_3223584.html). Soon.

Billions of the red-eyed bugs are expected to swarm the East Coast for six weeks (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/billions-of-cicadas-east-coast_n_3038412.html) after temperatures get warm enough -- but what does a brood of insects that can be as loud as a jet engine sound like? Have a listen below:

Take a look at Radiolab's Cicada Tracker (http://project.wnyc.org/cicadas/) if you want to find out when to mentally prepare for the invasion.

Via: HuffingtonPost