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Cicada Panic, 1860 Style
From the Archives
Freaking out about cicadas is a grand tradition. Josh Dzieza mines the archives.
Josh Dzieza
Published
May 19 2013
4:45AM EDT
James Appleby/University of Illinois, via AP
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