Live cicada cam: For people who don’t live on the East Coast but want to view cicacas emerge from their slumber for the first time in 17 years, there’s a live cam.
The Science Channel set up a the live cam, which shows the insects buzzing around the mid-Atlantic, from mostly North Carolina to Pennsylvania.
Over the next several weeks, as the channel points out, “they will be emerging from their lengthy slumber to molt and mate.”
According to Ohio State University’s Periodical Cicadas website, the bugs develop beneath the ground and ingest juices from plant roots. After 13 or 17 years, the bugs emerge from the soil as mature nymphs
“Their shed outer skins or exoskeletons are found attached to tree trunks and twigs. The emergence is often tightly synchronized, with most nymphs appearing within a few nights,” the website said.
And adult cicadas only live for around two weeks to a month, but they mate and lay eggs.
