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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - For today’s Good Question, Henry asks: I haven’t seen or heard a cicada in Lexington yet. I know other counties are seeing them. But why not here?
We’ve received a few emails like Henry’s asking where the cicadas are. We’ve also got some people asking when they’re going away because they’re tired of hearing them.
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Dr. Jonathan Larson, an entomologist at the University of Kentucky, tells me that in Fayette, there are basically pools of cicadas.
He said they need a few specific things to persist in an area: undisturbed soil and wooded areas, long-lived trees such as oaks and maples. And they tend to be found more frequently near streams, creeks, and rivers.
He also said land use between emergences could impac