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Waverly Tattoo Co. Offers Brood X Cicada Tattoos

The artist at a north Baltimore tattoo shop says he has already made more than 100 cicada tattoos and has plenty of requests for more.

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Tattoo artist Bill Stevenson says he has had some repeat customers who got cicada tattoos the last time the bugs were here in 2004 and have come back for another one. "We’re all thinking about change, and we’re all thinking about transformation," he said.
Tattoo artist Bill Stevenson says he has had some repeat customers who got cicada tattoos the last time the bugs were here in 2004 and have come back for another one. "We’re all thinking about change, and we’re all thinking about transformation," he said. (WJZ)

BALTIMORE, MD — Brood X cicadas show up for a few weeks once every 17 years, but these little guys will be sticking around much longer than that. We’re talking about cicada tattoos.

Bill Stevenson has been crafting these cicada tattoos on the arms of Marylanders over the last few weeks at his Remington-based studio, Waverly Tattoo Co., as many prepare to welcome them.

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