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Cicadapocalypse Now

ILLINOIS IS to be swimming in cicadas, both alive and dead. This May, the Northern Illinois Brood and the Great Southern Brood will emerge from the soil simultaneously, overlapping in central Illinois. That means the Prairie State is about to be blanketed in billions of cicadas. Yes, billions.

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