Thousands Of Brood X Cicadas Emerge In Hillsborough: Video

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — The "Brood X" cicadas have emerged in Hillsborough after being underground for 17 years. (See video below)

Hillsborough resident Michelle Tomenchok, who lives at the end of Montgomery Road near Longhill in the Sourland Mountains, took a video showing the thousands of cicadas on one of her trees on her property on Wednesday morning.

The cicadas can be seen all over the ground, base of the tree and on up the trunk and limbs.

Temperatures may play a big role in why the bugs are emerging earlier in New Jersey, according to a new study. Climate Central, an independent organization of scientists and journalists, says that the earlier emergence is due to warmer temperatures (learn more about the study and its methodology here).

In the Newark area, cicadas are emerging up to 15 days earlier than they did in 1970. That number sits at 15 days in Newark, and 8 days in Atlantic City, according to the study.

Some bugs have already begun to emerge from the ground. Cicada Safari, an app built by scientists at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati to watch the emergence of the Brood X cicadas, records sightings as they happen with photos submitted by users.

See the video taken by Michelle Tomenchok in Hillsborough below:

— Additional reporting by Justin Heinze

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