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Invasion of the Brood

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Like the climax of a bad sci-fi movie, a plague of biblical proportions will soon hit the eastern part of the United States. Not overgrown rabbits, nor killer tomatoes, but numberless insects. For sometime after May loth (the exact date depends on the weather over the next few days), Brood X of the 17-year cicada will surface. The outbreak will be densest in the mid-west, around Indiana, where 3.5m insects per hectare are expected to emerge. But lesser plagues will hit places as far apart as Maryland and Missouri. This insect storm will delight children, irritate adults (who have to clear up the mess), and ultimately do little harm-ex-cept to orchard owners, and those driven mad by the cicadas' incessant, piercing chorus. What it will also do, though, is provide an opportunity for entomologists to learn more about these curious creatures.
机译:就像一部糟糕的科幻电影的高潮一样,一场灾难性的圣经灾难将很快席卷美国东部。不是长满兔子,也不是杀手番茄,而是无数昆虫。在5月透天之后的某个时间(确切日期取决于接下来几天的天气),17年蝉的育雏X将浮出水面。疫情将在印第安纳州中西部最密集的地方爆发,预计每公顷将出现350万只昆虫。但是较少的瘟疫将袭击马里兰州和密苏里州。这场昆虫风暴将使孩子们高兴,激怒成年人(他们必须清理混乱),并最终对果园所有者和蝉不断发出刺耳的合唱声而发疯的果园所有者无害。但是,它还将为昆虫学家提供一个机会,使他们能够更多地了解这些奇怪的生物。

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