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EPISODE · May 5, 2021 · 45 MIN

Cicadas

from Varmints! · host Peep

It's Brood X emergence time, everyone! Join Paul and Donna to chat about cicadas and their buggy, buggy ways. US researchers seek citizen scientists as billions of Brood X cicadas set to emerge https://cicadasafari.org/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-cicadas-180977361/ https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/category/pop-culture/ https://youtu.be/0ThPKyYG4hQ How to eat cicadas: Just in time for the swarm, tips on cooking the bug-eyed bugs Featured Image: "Periodical Cicada" by treegrow is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

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It's Brood X emergence time, everyone! Join Paul and Donna to chat about cicadas and their buggy, buggy ways. US researchers seek citizen scientists as billions of Brood X cicadas set to emerge [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/19/brood-x-cicadas-eastern-us-emerge] https://cicadasafari.org/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-cicadas-180977361/ https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/category/pop-culture/ https://youtu.be/0ThPKyYG4hQ How to eat cicadas: Just in time for the swarm, tips on cooking the bug-eyed bugs [https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/how-to-eat-cicadas-just-in-time-for-the-swarm-tips-on-cooking-the-bug-eyed-bugs/51-c1d74405-f25c-44c4-93ad-d4840c20ad8f#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20Just%20in%20time%20for%20the,googly-eyed%20insects%20are%20edible] Featured Image: "Periodical Cicada" [https://www.flickr.com/photos/86548370@N00/34795762446] by treegrow [https://www.flickr.com/photos/86548370@N00] is licensed under CC BY 2.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich] Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

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