Brood X Cicadas starting to emerge in Pennsylvania
Billions of cicadas are expected to surface across the eastern United States this week and will remain for two to three weeks. Author: Danielle Miller (FOX43) Updated: 5:26 PM EDT May 18, 2021
YORK, Pa. Cicadas are starting to emerge in Pennsylvania with sightings reported across the area, including in Elizabethtown, Hummelstown, and Camp Hill.
The Brood 10 cicadas, the largest brood of periodical cicadas, require soil temperatures near 64 degrees for them to surface.
Dr. Michael Skvarla, an assistant research professor of arthropod identification at Penn State, says there will be billions of cicadas coming out this year, including in South Central Pennsylvania.