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Cicadas hatching/ molting so early in the season? #400140

Asked May 15, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT

I noticed today a couple hundred cicada hulls under our maple trees on Ashley Drive in Rockville. We didn't hear any cicadas at all, but these bugs look just like it. -- Isn't it way too early for them to emerge?

Montgomery County Maryland

Expert Response

There is currently an emergence of periodical cicadas, which are different from the annual cicadas we typically see in the summer. These are possibly an accelerated emergence from the periodical Brood X, or Brood VI. Here is an article published yesterday by the University of Maryland's Dr. Mike Raupp on this current cicada emergence in our area: http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2017/5/15/periodical-cicadas-up-and-out-of-the-ground-in-maryland-dc-an...

CKC
Answered by the Home & Garden Information Center's Maryland Certified Professional Horticulturists Replied May 16, 2017, 9:37 AM EDT

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