SKIPPACK The Brood X cicadas are here.
âThey ve pretty much all emerged,â said Emelie Swackhamer, a horticulture educator with Penn State Extension, based in Skippack.
The 17-year periodic cicadas, known as Brood X (as in the Roman Numeral for 10), is emerging in North America in 15 states, including Pennsylvania. They are also found in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York (extinct or nearly so), Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.
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âItâs something unique about our area and something that people from other parts of the world are very curious about,â Swackhamer said.