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Article: KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: Kansans prepare for emergence of periodical cicadas
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- June 2, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 1998-KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: Kansans prepare for emergence of periodical cicadas (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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MANHATTAN -- For these teenagers, it's a wonderfully short life.
After feeding and developing on tree roots since 1981, periodical cicadas have finally emerged from Mother Earth, shedding their inhibitions, leaving them scattered over lawns, trees and bushes, and ready to face the world as adults. However, after four to six weeks of frolicking in the sun and mating, the party is over -- at least for another 17 years.
Not since the first year of the Ronald Reagan administration has Kansas seen an ...