cicada
May 23 2007, Navneet

Northern Illinois and parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana could see an invasion this week. The billions of periodical cicadas of Brood XIII are expected to launch their attack on these cities.

Cicadas are insects that spend most of.

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