Photo Of The Week: Cicadas Have Arrived Though Not In Western Mass, By Eli Keene
Emerging 17 year cicada in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2021. Photo: Eli Keene
Emerging 17 year cicada in Washington D.C. Photographed on May 20, 2021 by Eli Keene.
Billions of cicadas have begun to emerge from the ground at the end of a 17 year cycle. Other varieties of cicadas emerge after 11 or 13 year cycles. This current group, the Brood X (or Brood 10) group, will not appear in Western Massachusetts which is just north of their range, but will appear as far north as New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Massachusetts residents can expect to see the emergence of the Brood 14 cicadas in 2025. For more on the cicadas look here. Find a map of the Brood X cicada emergence here.
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