Waiting in the wings
Jun 20, 2021
2 minutes
by JONATHAN KRONSTADT
As many Americans emerge from a yearlong, Covid-inspired hibernation, we are joined in parallel emergence by trillions of weird, winged, red-eyed insects that – at least around here – have bumped the pandemic below the fold.
If you’ve ever thought the arc of your life particularly unusual, consider the Brood X cicada. For 17 years, it crawls around in the soil, feeding on tree-root
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