7 Reasons Why Cicadas May Drive a Certain BuzzFeed Reporter Insane

She may not have a choice, but it would do BuzzFeed‘s Capitol Hill reporter Kate Nocera well to try as best as she can to avoid the swarm of cicadas headed for the Washington, D.C. area. Not that she needs to be told that.

“Guys, I am not ready for the cicadas,” she confessed on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. The big, ugly, winged bugs are believed to begin emerging from the ground starting in late May and will live roughly four to six weeks, according to WaPo.

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