Brood 19 has arrived in Columbia, and the cicadas are beginning to shed their exoskeletons. This brood has a lifespan of 13 years, but they spend most of it in the ground. After emerging, the male cicadas sing a mating song to attract the females.
PHOTO GALLERY: Cicadas emerge, shed skeletons in Columbia
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 6:17 p.m. CDT;
updated 6:23 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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