Brood X Cicadas Emerge After 17 Years Underground

TAKOMA PARK, MD - MAY 16: (TIME-LAPSE) A periodical cicada’s wings extend and dry after emerging 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. (Footage by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
TAKOMA PARK, MD - MAY 16: (TIME-LAPSE) A periodical cicada’s wings extend and dry after emerging 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. (Footage by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Chip Somodevilla
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May 16, 2021
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