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Brood X cicadas appear in Alabama after 17 years underground
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TAKOMA PARK, MD - MAY 16: A periodical cicada emerges from its shell while clinging to the side of a tree on May 16, 2021 in Takoma Park, Maryland. As the soil temperature reaches about 64°F, billions of Magicicada periodical cicada members of Brood X will emerge in the eastern United States after living underground for 17 years they will molt, mate and die within a matter of weeks. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Getty Images
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Here they come.
Periodical cicadas belonging to what is known as Brood X have started emerging after 17 years underground across a broad swath of their 15-state range, raising the prospect the scary-looking but harmless insects will appear in Northeast Pennsylvania in the coming weeks or possibly days.