Cicadas: Nasty beast or tasty feast?

University Wire | July 3, 2007| | Copyright

Jason Menken
University Wire
07-03-2007
(Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- As the sun rises on a beautiful summer morning, so do the periodical cicadas. They make their presence known as they appear by the thousands.

Parts of eastern Iowa, Illinois and Indiana are experiencing the emergence this summer. Residents of central Iowa will not see the cicada emergence until 2014.

The soft white wrinkled bodies and red beady eyes are the first sight as the cicadas emerge from the ground.

Once the cicadas have matured, they begin to sing.

The singing can reach an intensity of 90 decibels - about ...

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