Brood X comes out every 17 years to mate. They can be found from Tennessee to New York, including in Blair, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties in Pennsylvania.
It isn’t the only group of cicadas that spends nearly two decades underground, but it is the biggest and most famous.
“It’s a simple interface. All people have to do is go out and find a cicada, take its picture and submit it.”
Benjamin Banneker first observed the cicadas at his Maryland home as a teenager in 1740s. He spent the next 50 years documenting their unique life cycles.
The insects’ appearances stretch back 4,000 years, to a time when ancient settlers carved cicadas from jade and placed them on the tongues of the dead before burial, evoking transcendence and eternal life.
If you’re in the eastern part of the United States, get ready to be surrounded by these little critters.
