In the summer of 2021, BroodX emerged in Philadelphia. Three species, to be exact, of cicadas with 17 year cycles. For almost two decades, these grubs were underground sucking on tree roots for sustenance. That summer, they finally emerged, molted, and sang wildly for weeks, until they mated and died naturally or were predated. The wings of the cicada are the only part of the creature that no predator eats - all of my wings and bodies were ethically foraged from an old growth maple tree in a public park in Haverford, PA.