In May, insects with a 17 year life cycle, periodical cicadas, emerged on the East
Coast of the USA after underground development as juveniles since 1996.
Researchers and scientists worked to map and study the rare wave, and the locals
prepared for the noisy event. First recorded in 1666, the Magicicada septendecim
species recently emerged in 1979, 1996, this year, with a next wave due in 2030.