Brood X periodical cicadas, underground for 17 years, ready to reemerge and make some noise
Keith Matheny and Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press
After 17 years underground, these bugs are reappearing in 15 states
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This year will mark the reemergence after 17 years of Brood X, or the Great Eastern Brood, of periodical cicadas – those large, winged, kind of scary-looking but mostly harmless flying insects known for their almost deafening buzz.
“The end of May through June, it can get pretty loud – if you are in an area where they are numerous, there can be hundreds of thousands, or millions, of them,” said Howard Russell, an entomologist (insect scientist) at Michigan State University.