The cicadas are have arrived, blanketing Midwestern porches by the thousands

The iconic, spine-tingling line from Poltergeist, “They’re here…” is on the lips of wide-eyed east coasters during the deafening invasion of 17-year cicadas. Photos of one Mansfield, Ohio homeowner’s porch have gone viral, depicting piles and piles of discarded exoskeletons and deceased insects. The scene, to some, is like a real-life horror movie. Cicadas emerge from under the ground in broods. This particular brood is surfacing for the first time since 1999. Over the span...

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