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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2025 · 28 MIN

What’s that sound? Cicadas!

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It’s cicada season, and things are getting louder already. We’re experiencing a major emergence of Brood XIV cicadas in Kentucky this year. What makes these bugs so fascinating? Why do they spend 17 years underground? And how do they affect Kentucky’s ecosystem? On this episode of “On Track,” we get the buzz from Dr. Ric Bessin, an extension entomologist and professor at the University of Kentucky.

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