# Hey Jill, did you see the cicada?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jill-did-you-see-the-cicada/783570>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 2, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jill-did-you-see-the-cicada/783570 "2017-04-02T11:19:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jill-did-you-see-the-cicada/783570/1 "2017-04-02T11:19:03Z")

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Re: [Do cicadas spend seven years underground before emerging? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1672/do-cicadas-spend-seven-years-underground-before-emerging)

It’s been well past the expected time, and no update.

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**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jill-did-you-see-the-cicada/783570/2 "2017-04-02T20:16:42Z")

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Good find. Bated breath etc.

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**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jill-did-you-see-the-cicada/783570/3 "2017-04-06T18:19:08Z")

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Must be the 17 year variety?