A video on Brood X cicadas that are emerging across 16 states in America after 17 years undergroundEvery 17 years, parts of the central, eastern, and southern U.S. see a massive emergence of "periodical" cicadas. America is the only place in the world that has periodic cicadas that stay underground for years. There are at least 15 separate cycles, or "broods," of periodic cicadas in the U.S. This time the cicadas are emerging across 16 states in America, including New York, Kentucky, Virginia and the District of Columbia. There can be as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre, which brings the brood population into the trillions.

Source: The Hindu June 03, 2021 06:31 UTC