So long, Swarmageddon: The last cicada ends its 17-year run
Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
The last cicada from this year's "Swarmageddon" died of old age on Friday, in a refrigerator in Pennsylvania. Like billions of her red-eyed broodmates on the East Coast, the dearly departed bug was 17 years old.