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Article: Periodical Cicadas to Emerge in May; Brood 10 Will Emerge After 17 Years Underground.
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- April 26, 2004
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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- PA Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff today said that the periodical cicada will emerge over much of Pennsylvania beginning next month, after 17 years underground.
"Around May 20, Brood 10 of the periodical cicada will emerge across the eastern two-thirds of the Commonwealth," said Secretary Wolff. "In areas of heavy emergence, the total weight of cicadas have been as high as 1 1/2 tons per acre - making it the largest of all the broods."
Cicadas in this brood entered the soil as tiny nymphs back in 1987 and have since resided underground, sucking away at tree and shrub roots. Beginning in late May, the mature ...