2024 Goes To The Cicadas

Over a billion cicadas will unearth this spring.

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(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - Two different broods of cicadas will emerge this spring. The last time this synchronized event happened was 1803.

Cicadas are periodical insects that spend most of their lives underground. A seventeen-year brood and thirteen-year brood will overlap this spring.

These broods will appear in the Midwest from west as Missouri and goes east to Maryland. Also reaching as south as Louisiana to North as Wisconsin. Although these broods won't be emerging near our area, don't be surprised once you hear the bugs come spring. 

Cicadas are harmless to humans. The only difference in your day may be the amount of buzzing you hear from these noisy insects. Cicadas can reach up to 100 decibels which is equivalent to a nightclub or construction site.

This nature event only lasts about six weeks. Cicadas unearth to mate and lay eggs before they die. They will appear once the ground temperature reaches a steady 64 degrees.

Prepare to see the bugs near the end of April. This overlap of broods will bring around a billion cicadas above ground. This once in a lifetime event only happens every 221 years.