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While “trillions” of cicadas can be found in several southern and midwestern states across the country this year, according to USA Today, scientific experts say the state of Illinois is expected to see an “historic 2024 cicada emergence.” While the insects will be “emerging all over the state,” as Illinois Natural History Survey’s Catherine Dana told NBC Chicago last month, one particular region is seeing a different kind of occurrence. WGNTV Chicago reports that male cicadas across the state’s southern areas have been impacted by a sexually transmitted disease (STD) — a white fungus called Ma…

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