Cicada swarm: Watch brood X cicadas emerge after 17 years underground

Trillions of cicadas are starting to emerge in 15 US states after 17 years underground. Gene Kritsky has been studying them for decades and has created a citizen science app, Cicada Safari, to help track the brood.

More than 3000 cicada species have been described worldwide. Most have a yearly life cycle, but seven species in the US belonging to the Magicicada genus remain underground as nymphs for 13 or 17 years before emerging, a process called periodical brooding. The only other two species of cicada to do this are found in Fiji and India.

Read more at https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033351-700-cicadas-set-to-emerge-in-once-in-every-17-year-event/

Cicada Safari: https://cicadasafari.org/
Gene Kritsky's books: http://genekritsky.com/books.html

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