Locusts Return to Pennsylvania in Brood 10 Flight
Harrisburg reports the 17 year cicadas or periodical locusts will emerge in at least 35 counties by late May. Brood 10 appears across the state with Long Island to Georgia as the range. Males sing with drum like organs. females lay eggs causing bark slits that can weaken branches. Vi year locusts do not sting humans.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
4. B. Champlain
Bureau of Plant Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Rip van Winkle
United States
Central
Lancaster County
Cicada Brood 10 Set to Emerge Across Central and Eastern Counties
Dr Champlain notes peak cicada emergence expected in June with eggs hatching in six weeks and a 17 year cycle. Brood 10, last seen in 1936 in 36 Pennsylvania counties, may appear in Adams to York counties with reports sought to maintain invasion records for future years.
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Pennsylvania
Dr. Champlain
Adams
Bedford
Berks
Blair
Bucks
Carbon
Chester
Clinton
Columbia
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware
Franklin
Fulton
Huntingdon
Juniata
Lackawanna
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lehigh
Liverne
Lycoming
Mercer
Mifflin
Monroe
Montgomery
Montour
Northampton
Perry
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Somerset
Union
York
Champlain
Heart Fund Drive Reaches $165000 in Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Heart Association reports $165 000 raised to date for the 1953 Heart Fund drive. Dr. Dudley A. Irwin, president, announced the total at the annual meeting at Webster Hall Hotel attended by over 200 members directors and physicians. Campaign chairman John W. Kossin and division leaders were praised for their efforts.
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Western Pennsylvania Heart Association
Dudley A. Irwin
Webster Hall Hotel
John W. Kossin
S. M. Dupertuis
E. Kouls Feldman
Dr. Irwin
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