17-year-old cicadas
n the soil around Then, when they emerge, they dig gh the soil.
The University's Biology of Cicadas class received a rare opportunity to study cicadas this spring. Cicadas come out every 17 years to live out a short life cycle.
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d Friday, the class two public events out the cicadas.
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pated in the Sirens at South Park on they discussed the apple and offered a
chance to taste a cicada.
On Friday, they focused on teaching children about the cicadas. The children in attendance walked through a trail at the Field Station
with butterfly nets, trying to catch the cicadas, while a student from the class talked to them about the insects.
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Laura J. Mixon, Michael Page, Natalie C. Parker, Eric T. Reynolds, Lane Robins, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Jeremiah Tolbert,
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