Caption: These cicadas were collected at night, shortly after they emerged, while their bodies were still soft and white. They were then frozen for storage. , Credit: Art Chimes
Image by: Art Chimes 
These cicadas were collected at night, shortly after they emerged, while their bodies were still soft and white. They were then frozen for storage.  

Cicadas. Love 'em...hate 'em...eat 'em?

From: Veronique LaCapra
Length: 00:03:43

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Billions of periodical cicadas have emerged over the past few weeks in more than a dozen states across the Southeast and Midwest. In part one of this two-part series, St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra took us out in the field to explore some of the science behind their unusual behavior. Now she’s heading into the kitchen, to try out a little home cooking – cicada style! Read the full description.
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1-cicada_bowl_clsp__sm__small Billions of periodical cicadas have emerged over the past few weeks in more than a dozen states across the Southeast and Midwest. In part one of this two-part series, St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra took us out in the field to explore some of the science behind their unusual behavior. Now she’s heading into the kitchen, to try out a little home cooking – cicada style!

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Aired on St. Louis Public Radio on June 14, 2011.

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DATE=6-13-11
TITLE=Thirteen Year Cicadas pt.2
BYLINE=Véronique LaCapra
RUNNING TIME: 3:43 without host intro/outro

HEADLINE: Cicada smorgasbord provides food for all

KEYWORDS: Cicada, periodical cicada, Magicicada neotredecim

HOST IN: Billions of periodical cicadas have emerged over the past few weeks in more than a dozen states across the Southeast and Midwest.

In part one of this two-part series, St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra took us out in the field to explore some of the science behind their unusual behavior. Now she’s heading into the kitchen, to try out a little home cooking – cicada style!

(CICADA_COOKIN)
3:43

AUDIO CUT 1 AMBI of cicadas [IN FULL, then UNDER] (0:02)

LACAPRA: The emergence of the “Great Southern Brood” of 13-year periodical cicadas has created a food bonanza for predators. Entomologist Chris Hartley of the Butterfly House in Chesterfield says ci...
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Billions of periodical cicadas have emerged over the past few weeks in more than a dozen states across the Southeast and Midwest.

In part 1 of this two-part series, St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra took us out in the field to explore some of the science behind their unusual behavior. Now she’s heading into the kitchen, to try out a little home cooking – cicada style!

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