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Live Chat: The 'Misunderstod' Cicadas with County Environmental Services Experts

Cicadas will emerge across Northern Virginia later this month.

Those later this month.

The 17-year Brood II cicadas, not seen in this area since 1996, will emerge from the ground across Northern Virginia by mid-May, some entymologists predict. 

Fairfax County officials from the Urban Forestry Division of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services will be online Thursday at 2 p.m. to answer residents' questions about the bugs.

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Can't make the live chat? You can submit questions in advance here and read the transcript there late Thursday afternoon. 

See also:

Find out what's happening in Falls Churchfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Return of the 17-Year Cicada Expected This Spring
  • Could Cicadas Be the Perfect Spring Snack?

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