Brood X Cicadas are getting the whipsaw treatment
from Mother Nature and the weather cycle.

The cicada / nymphs emerge only when
the ground temperature is warm enough.
We had a hot spell this May, and they started coming to the surface.
Then it got cold, really cold, again.


So there are still uncountable quantities of Brood X Cicadas
underground, in the nymph stage,
waiting -- patiently or otherwise --
for the weather to make up its mind,
and to warm up enough so that
they can come out and
go through the spectacular, reproductive phase of their life cycle.