Brood X Cicadas left their mark on soils

American Geophysical Union

Two cicada emergence tunnels remain submerged within the infiltrometer ring after a measurement of the soil's infiltration rate.

Credit: Ellen Bergan.

A group of Brood X cicadas, just a handful of the billions that emerged throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States this past summer, cling to the branches of a tree near Bloomington, Indiana.

Credit: Ellen Bergan.

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