April 2024 saw trillions of periodical insects begin their descent on the midwest and southeast of the United States. They caused so much noise that local residents called the police to complain.

These insects are called cicadas. Two broods of cicadas, Brood XIX and Brood XIII — which come out every 13 years and 17 years respectively, are emerging at the same time for the first time in 200 years

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