Billions of cicadas will emerge in the U.S. this year in a rare double-brood event

[crimsonaudio]

This spring, two different broods of cicadas — one that lives on a 13-year cycle and the other that lives on a 17-year cycle — will emerge at the same time from underground in a rare, synchronized event that last occurred in 1803.

Billions of the winged insects will make an appearance across the Midwest and the Southeast, beginning in some places in late April, for a raucous mating ritual that tends to inspire fascination and annoyance in equal measure.

Billions of cicadas will emerge in the U.S. this year in a rare double-brood event

This year's dual emergence is a rare, synchronized event that last occurred in 1803.

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IT'S GOING TO BE SO LOUD!

 

[92tide]

awesome. i can’t wait

 

[Bamabuzzard]

They may need to get a room if it's that raucous

 

[Tideflyer]

awesome. i can’t wait

Neither can the copperheads. BIG cicada eaters.

 

[day-day]

I know they technically are not "locusts" but I still call them that. Both my parents, one from Alabama and the other from NW Florida, called them locusts. Seems there are a lot of places where the cicadas are referred to as locusts.

 

[Bamaro]

I hear that they are good in an air fryer sprinkled with EVO & Old Bay.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I hear that they are good in an air fryer sprinkled with EVO & Old Bay.

 

[AlistarWills]

I have a friend whose cat sits in their yard and when they start to emerge, grabs and eats them. Then moves to another. It’s a smorgasbord apparently. Their yard where this happens has numerous holes where they have emerged.