The 17-Year Cicada

The 17-Year Cicada

The 17-Year Cicada

12/06/2021 10:37PM

Episode Synopsis "The 17-Year Cicada"

Every 17 years one of the grandest spectacles in nature takes place. Billions of insects in a seemingly coordinated fashion will emerge from the ground and cover the skies and the trees. This is all part of their extremely unusual life cycle which consists of an extremely long juvenile period and very short adulthood.

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