17-year-old cicadas are kicking off 'Swarmageddon' in North Carolina

Friday, May 10, 2013 - 10:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

People are getting all twitchy about the bugs that are coming out in New York and New Jersey after a 17-year buildup, but when it comes to cicadas, Billy Tesh is seeing the real deal in North Carolina."I was so excited," Tesh told NBC News from Greensboro, where he runs a company called Pest Management Systems. "I've never seen so many in one location in my life. They were on almost every blade of...    

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