Every 17 years in the eastern United States, trillions of cicadas emerge from the soil to mate in gigantic swarms. For Brood X, or the Great Eastern Brood, that year has arrived again.
Have you witnessed the great cicada hatching of 2021? We would like you to submit your photos and videos of the coming swarm, along with a description of where you are and what it’s like, using the form below.
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