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Why is there a misconception that cicadas are locusts?
I don't get it. How did this start?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Because they 'randomly' turn up (every 13-17 years) in VERY large numbers and plague an area, destroying many harvests, much like locusts do.
They also fly and are of a similar size to locusts so the two could easily be mistaken.
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