For the first time since 1803, two broods of cicadas to emerge at the same time

For the first time since 1803, two broods of periodical cicadas — one that appears every 17 years and another that emerges every 13 years — will come from the ground simultaneously in the United States this spring and summer. The 13-year brood, identified as Brood XIX and nicknamed the Great Southern Brood, ranges across the southeastern U.S. and has historically appeared in a few of Louisia...

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