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 cicada-geddon we saw in 2024, but it won’t be subtle either.

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In 2024, two distinct broods of cicadas will emerge after a 13-year dormancy, affecting 18 states across the nation. Notably, ...

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 ...

And the revelation has scores of Aussies in utter shock. Walking through an area where there's a large cicada population, you may have felt what could have easily been mistaken as droplets of rain.

Recordings or photos of any cicadas are encouraged to be posted on websites such as The Great Cicada Blitz or iNaturalist. This enables scientists to use such a valuable resource to assess population ...

While Cincinnati was spared from 2024's cicada emergence, the new year will bring another brood of 17-year cicadas.In 2025, Brood XIV (pronounced fourteen) will emerge from the ground beginning in ...