By HIDENORI TSUBOYA/ Staff Writer
September 17, 2025 at 07:00 JST
In rare instances, a nymph of a 17-year periodical cicada species, like this one seen in Chicago in November 2019, may change eye color from white to red at age 12 and molt at 13. (Provided by Teiji Sota)
A joint team of researchers from Kyoto University and other institutions has partially uncovered why periodical cicadas simultaneously burst out of the ground every 13 or 17 years. [Read More]
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