Source: Steve Ohnesorge, WBTV, 6/3/21

 When cicadas emerged from the ground in Morganton 17 years ago, 2021 was marked as the time when they would return from the depths. They didn’t. Agriculture officials say most of North Carolina is cicada-free this year even though neighbors to the north in Virginia and to the west in Tennessee have experienced some major pockets of the bugs. “Mother nature doesn’t always include us in her plans,” said Agriculture Agent Donna Teasley. Cicadas are only around for a month or so.

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