Cicadas, the noisy but rather tame insects that spend most of their lives underground, are poised to put on quite a show starting this month in a wide swath of the United States.
Item 1 of 2 A cicada from Brood X clings to a flower after emerging from its 17 years underground to join the trillions of cicadas that will surface in eastern states in the coming weeks, in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File PhotoA cicada from Brood X clings to a flower after emerging from its 17 years underground to join the trillions of cicadas that will surface in eastern states in the coming weeks, in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., May 17, 2021.
These two broods emerge together only once every 221 years, last occurring in 1803. While nymphs in small numbers already are being spotted, the first big wave in the coming weeks is expected in the southernmost areas of the broods in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, with the cicadas further northern emerging in subsequent weeks. The last cicadas in these broods will be lucky to see July.
The 17-year cycle Brood XIII is found in northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin and a few counties in northwestern Indiana. The 13-year cycle Brood XIX is distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
"I find them delightfully awkward, as they are not particularly agile flyers. I also find them captivating and endearing. They are very gentle, and I also find them quite beautiful with the deep red eyes, bluish black body, and the orange wings," Shockley said. This year marks the first time since 2015 that a 13-year brood emerges at the same time as a 17-year brood, though those were not adjacent.
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