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Why You May Not Be Seeing Many 17-Year Brood II Cicadas
Where's the dang swarm, already?
Wasn't the East Coast supposed to be up to their soft palates in 17-year Brood II cicadas by now?
It would seem that way, given the alarm bells that have been clanging as far back as early April. Cicadas bursting from the ground like little clawed zombies, cicadas transforming trees into randy pillars of six-legged sex, cicadas carpeting the streets like squishy shag carpet, cicadas flying into our mouths and hair – in many big cities, it hasn't happened yet.