(NEXSTAR) – If you’re currently living in a cicada-filled wonderland (or nightmare, rather), the good news is they’ll soon be a distant memory. These massive broods of bugs only come out ...

Broods of periodical cicadas only emerge every 13 or 17 years. Some years, none of the named broods emerge. Last year was notable because two groups emerged at once and their areas had some geographic ...

Gireesh. “It was a fascinating thing to watch.” The millions of cicadas last May were from two broods with a 13-year cycle. And that loud noise we heard comes from the males trying to attract ...

Broods of periodical cicadas only emerge every 13 or 17 years ... Brood XIV, shaded in lime green on the map below, is expected to come out of a 17-year slumber this year. It won’t be the ...

(NEXSTAR) – 2024 brought us “ cicada-geddon ,” a double awakening of two broods of periodical cicadas that swarmed much of the eastern United States over the spring and summer. The noisy insects have ...