After 17 years underground, Brood X cicadas are emerging in early May and scientists are using an app to help keep track of them. Cicada Safari is a new app developed by Dr. Gene Kritsky that allows users to search, photograph, video and map the Brood X cicadas, which will help scientists track the location of the bugs to assist in their research. "We developed this app because so many people are fascinated by cicadas," said Kritsky. "This is true citizen science. People can use their phones with our app to track, photograph and help us map the cicadas to verify where they are emerging. An issue with citizen science projects is the difficulty to verify new observations. The photographs submitted to our map are like voucher specimens permitting us to verify the observations making the maps more useful for future research."