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File photo of an adult periodical cicada in the Northern Illinois Brood.
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Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
While annual cicadas emerge worldwide each year, periodical cicadas can only be found in the eastern part of the United States, according to the Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
Infected periodical cicadas have been found to carry cathinone, a psychoactive compound that is chemically related to amphetamines, according to an October 2019 study published in Fungal Ecology.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Since then, the nymphs of those periodical cicadas have been underground feeding on tree root tap and waiting to come out, Reall said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
While annual cicadas emerge worldwide each year, periodical cicadas can only be found in the eastern part of the United States, according to the Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
Infected periodical cicadas have been found to carry cathinone, a psychoactive compound that is chemically related to amphetamines, according to an October 2019 study published in Fungal Ecology.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Since then, the nymphs of those periodical cicadas have been underground feeding on tree root tap and waiting to come out, Reall said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Periodical cicada.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodical%20cicada. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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