Amid the fading hum of the crimson-eyed insects in the surrounding trees, the group of Maryland Department of Agriculture staffers and a handful of other cicada lovers celebrated the first septendecimal Cicada Soiree.
The party just outside Annapolis bid adieu with a lemon and chocolate cake shaped and decorated like a cicada while officials recited original odes to Brood X.
"Watch out for that car! Watch out for that light!"...
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