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Cicadas like that exist in different places around the world, including in the southern United States. They're a kind of regional mascot in Provence.

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yeah I went to Tennessee on holiday in 2017 (from Scotland) and thought I'd managed to time it perfectly for a brood emerging, but one of the locals said it was a yearly occurrence. It was still fantastic to hear that constant background noise

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