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An adult Brood X cicada in Princeton, New Jersey (June 7, 2004) Brood X (Brood 10), the Great Eastern Brood, is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the eastern United States. [1] [2] The brood's first major emergence after 2021 is predicted to occur during 2038. [1] [3]
In 1998, an emergence contained a brood of 17-year cicadas (Brood IV) in western Missouri and a brood of 13-year cicadas (Brood XIX) over much of the rest of the state. Each of the broods are the state's largest of their types. As the territories of the two broods overlap (converge) in some areas, the convergence was the state's first since ...
Some species have much longer life cycles, such as the North American genus, Magicicada, which has a number of distinct "broods" that go through either a 17-year (Brood XIII), or in some parts of the region, a 13-year (Brood XIX) life cycle [51] The long life cycles may have developed as a response to predators, such as the cicada killer wasp ...
It is a rare event for cicadas with a 13-year life cycle and a 17-year life cycle to reach adulthood at the same time. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
A Brood X cicada takes flight among the treetops in June 2021 in Columbia, Maryland. Broods XIX and XIII haven't been aboveground at the same time since 1803. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
In late May and early June, trillions of cicadas will emerge from the ground in 15 states. Here's everything you need to know about Brood X, including a map.
Brood XIX includes all four different species of 13-year cicadas: Magicicada tredecim (Walsh and Riley, 1868), Magicicada tredecassini (Alexander and Moore, 1962), Magicicada tredecula (Alexander and Moore, 1962), and the recently discovered Magicicada neotredecim (Marshall and Cooley, 2000). 2011 was the first appearance of Brood XIX since the discovery of the new species, which was first ...
Brood XIX is also the largest known group of periodical cicadas, stretching across 14 states. In total, Brood XIX and Brood XIII will emerge in 16 states this year: Alabama. Arkansas. Georgia ...