Brood XIII
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brood-xiii-188-11767342
title:
Brood XIII
text:
Brood XIII is one of 15 separate broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the midwestern United States. Every 17 years, Brood XIII tunnels en masse to the surface of the ground, mates, lays eggs in tree twigs, and then dies off over several weeks. Entomologist Charles Lester Marlatt published an account in 1907 in which he postulated the existence of 30 broods. The number has since been consolidated, and only 15 broods of periodical cicadas are currently recognized. Of these
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description:
Periodical cicada brood
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brood_XIII
date created:
2007-03-14T23:13:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T23:03:49Z
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13
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