no on the john cicada from broad 2. >> you mean a real cicada.ep hasn't been around for 17 years. we haven't talked to him in a while. we're talking to him. hello, can you hear me?ou h >> how are you doing? >> what in the world. >> we have so many questions for you. >> what are you and where have you been for 17 years? under ground for 7 years. it's what i do. i've been busy last year or so. getting rid to come out and meet the ladies. can't wait to meet them. it's hard to find a hat for a cicada. >> you look good: >> i feel good. feel great. bring on the ladies. this connection is not a fantastic one. are you below ground? where are you?wh >> i have this aol dial-up service. it's slow and unreliable. i wish they would do something about it. it stinks. >> what about skypeing. we were hoping to skype because you look like an alien a little bit. you can't work out the skype we thought we would see billions or billions. where snru. >> we've coming out. you had a few thousand of us too the south. this process takes a lot of tim and this year it's tak

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cicada nymph. >> reporter: john cooley is a researcher at the university of connecticut.in massive numbers. >> reporter: what is triggering that? >> well, they are counting the seasons because they're down underground feeding on the roots and counting the number of times. then when you get to the right spring, they're monitoring soil temperature. when it hits that 64 or so degrees fahrenheit, out they come. >> reporter: the eastern united states is the only place in the world with a 17-year cicada cycle occurs. an estimated 1 million cicadas per acre will blanket the region from north carolina to connecticut. once the cicada nymph sheds its outer skin, it morphs into an adult with big red eyes, a black body and a two-inch wingspan. the rest of its four to six-week life is devoted to finding a mate and making babies. which is where all the racket comes in. a chorus of males singing to attract females can reach 90 decibels, as loud as a lawn mower. that's due to their hollow abdomen that amplify their love song. >> so the male is calling. and then about one-third of a secon