Brood X: Billions of cicadas to emerge after spending 17 years burrowed underground

After the brood mates and their eggs hatch, the young cicadas will go on to feed underground for another 17 years, in the brood of 2038.

from http://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/brood-x-billions-of-cicadas-to-emerge-after-spending-17-years-burrowed-underground-9475761.html