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Watch a stunning cicada molting timelapse: see the insect wiggle free from its exoskeleton in high detail

This cicada molting timelapse is as weird as it is beautiful. You can watch the insect slowly wiggle free from its old exoskeleton, revealing its shiny body underneath. It's like watching a real-life ...
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Cicada Emerges From Its Shell in Stunning Moment

In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is a biological process of transformation undergone by many creatures in the ...
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Cicadas swarm parts of US as the screaming insects emerge in Brood XIV’s 17-year cycle

CINCINNATI (AP) — Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of ...
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Cincinnati, invading cicadas are making a mess. How best to clean up, dispose of shells

"I can’t go on a walk without a lil crunch crunch under my feet," One Reddit user posted to the Cincinnati subreddit. The cicada invasion is underway in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. And the 17-year ...
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Should Virginia Prepare for the Return of Cicadas This Year? Here’s What We Know

Its cicada season, and Virginia is in the path of these interesting (and noisy!) insects. This year, Brood XIV returns for the first time since 2008, per AccuWeather, and they will indeed appear in ...