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Close-Up Views of Brood X Cicadas, Courtesy of UC Davis Alumnus

Have you seen Brood X cicadas up close and personal? If not, you're probably in the wrong state. Or not there at the right time. Brood X is...

This close-up image of a Brood X cicada is from the Horsepen Branch Park,  Bowie, MD. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)
This close-up image of a Brood X cicada is from the Horsepen Branch Park, Bowie, MD. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)

This close-up image of a Brood X cicada is from the Horsepen Branch Park, Bowie, MD. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)

An aggregation of Brood X at the Patuxtent Research Reserve, Laurel, Md. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)
An aggregation of Brood X at the Patuxtent Research Reserve, Laurel, Md. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)

An aggregation of Brood X at the Patuxtent Research Reserve, Laurel, Md. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)

A large aggregation of Brood X at the Patuxtent Research Reserve, Laurel, Md. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)
A large aggregation of Brood X at the Patuxtent Research Reserve, Laurel, Md. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)

A large aggregation of Brood X at the Patuxtent Research Reserve, Laurel, Md. (Photo by Kelly Hamby)

Posted on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 5:09 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources

Cicadas: The World Awaits the Emergence of Brood X

Scientists say that within several weeks, trillions of cicadas from Brood X will emerge in 15 eastern-central states of our  nation, from...

Photographer Allan Jones found this cicada in the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden several years ago. It appears to be a Okanagana arboraria, according to Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty. (Photo by Allan Jones)
Photographer Allan Jones found this cicada in the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden several years ago. It appears to be a Okanagana arboraria, according to Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty. (Photo by Allan Jones)

Photographer Allan Jones found this cicada in the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden several years ago. It appears to be a Okanagana arboraria, according to Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty. (Photo by Allan Jones)

Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 2:13 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

The Silence of the Cicadas

If you've ever been around cicadas, you know how loud they can be. How loud are they? They are so loud--up to 120 decibels--that many tender-eared...

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A "mute" cicada, Karenia caelatata. (Photo by Christian Nansen)

A "mute" cicada, Karenia caelatata. (Photo by Christian Nansen)

Agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 6:14 PM

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