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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
SEVENTEEN-YEAR CICADA OR SEVENTEEN-YEAR 
“LOCUST” 
Range: Eastern United States. The pupa climbing tree trunk. 
Then it bursts its horny outer skin and crawls out an adult. 
was honeydew secreted by a scale insect, and that it is 
still eaten. 
The Silkworm and the Honey-bee have been domesti- 
cated since prehistoric times, the former supplying a 
valuable fiber for clothing and the latter an important 
article of food. 
