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Latest Articles Tagged "cicadas"

Arts & Entertainment

John Oliver Gives Cicadas A Quick Recap Of The Last 17 Years

Cicadas have no idea that the curly-haired guy from NSYNC is one of the biggest entertainers in the world.

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Ben Yakas

News

Lame Cicadas Too Cool To Play In New York City

Where are those bugs I never cared about prior to three months ago?

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Christopher Robbins

News

Possibly NSFW Photo Of Cicadas Mating On Staten Island

Jeez, can't they get a room?

By

Jen Chung

News

Check Out The Most Stunning Cicada Video Of Our Time

We may not have gotten to see many cicadas outside of Staten Island, but who needs to see things in real life when there are gorgeous documentaries to watch!

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Ben Yakas

Arts & Entertainment

Pump Up The Volume And Watch Cats Eating Cicadas

Our cats will save us.

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Jen Carlson

News

Cicadapocalypse Now: Cicadas Are Swarming Staten Island

For weeks, we've been molting in anticipating of the arrival of our cicada overlords—and now, billions of the Brood II cicadas have finally begun swarming Staten Island.

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Ben Yakas

News

Okay, THIS Is A Recent Photo Of A Cicada In Brooklyn

We talked to a cicada expert at Cornell who set the record straight.

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Lauren Evans

News

[UPDATE]: Giant Cicada Sighting In Lower Manhattan?

They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. - Exodus 10:15

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Lauren Evans

News

Is This Gross Video What's In Store For Us When The Cicadas Wake Up?

Moments like this, we're actually glad we don't have a backyard to serve as an unofficial sex pit to these horny insects.

By

Ben Yakas

Food

When Can We Feast On Cicadas?

We're hungry for cicadas, universe, please send them immediately...

By

Jen Carlson

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