Blue-Eyed Cicada Spotted in Midwest
Cicadas are again humming in the Midwest, emerging from the ground on schedule. Every 17 years their glowing red eyes signal invasion. Outside Chicago, 6-year-old Nicholas Wagner spotted a rare blue-eyed bug, which one expert says is a one-in-a-million find.
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Cicadas are humming again in the Midwest, emerging from the ground on schedule. Every 17 years, their glowing red eyes signal invasion. This year, outside of Chicago, a 6-year-old boy spotted a rare blue-eyed bug. One cicada expert tells AP blue-eyed cicadas are one in a million. Smart child young Nicholas Wagner had heard of the blue-eyed cicadas in kindergarten and actually hunted one down.
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