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| | Brood X Cicadas Will Cause Limited Damage To Trees, Yard Plants Across Eastern U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Brood X's population is densest in southern Indiana, Kentucky and southwestern Ohio, but it has pockets in Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, New Jersey, Missouri, northern Georgia, New York (Long Island), eastern Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia) and the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. |
 | | Scientists expect Brood X cicadas to crawl out of the ground and begin the reproductive segment of their life cycle when soil temperatures reach 62 degrees Fahrenheit. |
 | | "Given that Brood X is not going to emerge for another 17 years, this opportunity represents a once-in-a-researcher's-lifetime opportunity to study the impacts of such an event," said Michael Bowers, program director in NSF's division of environmental biology, which funded the research. |
| www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/03/040330085104.htm (731 words) |
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