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Do cicadas emerge every 17 years?
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Where will the Brood X cicadas emerge?
Cicadas emerge from underground every 17 years. Brood X — named for the Roman numeral 10 — .
The Brood X cicadas can be found from Georgia to Michigan, and some parts of the Eastern United States have already seen them emerge.
If your town saw a large infestation of cicadas back in 2004, there's a good chance you will see it again in 2021.
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When will the cicadas emerge?
Some counties in South New Jersey have already reported seeing cicada nymphs and cicada holes.
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And that's the first sign that swarms of cicadas are about to emerge.
If you haven't spotted Brood X cicadas yet, expect to see them all throughout the months of May and June 2021.
Where did the Brood X cicadas go for 17 years?
Like good rock'n'roll music and gangsters who turn state's evidence, Brood X cicadas have been underground for the past 17 years.
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Brood emergence ranges from 13 to 17 years.
And some broods of cicadas have gone extinct.
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Do cicadas bite people?
They may sound — and look — like vicious space invaders, but cicadas are harmless to people and pets.
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Be wary of Fido getting around them, however: dogs have been known to eat cicadas, which can give them a stomachache.
And if they burrow too deep into young trees, they can kill their branches.
But when cicadas die, they fertilize the trees they die in — and the tree often blooms back bigger and better the year after a cicada brood emergence.
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