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Big bugs due to make first appearance in Midwest in 17 years (AP)

MILWAUKEE â?? It’s almost time for millions of cicadas to emerge in parts of the Midwest after 17 years of living underground.

University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri says a lot of people find the huge number of the insects reminiscent of a horror movie. But they don’t bite, don’t really damage anything, stick mostly to trees and are non-toxic to the point that some people eat them.