Posted on 06/01/2025 12:18:27 PM PDT by Morgana
Hundreds of billions of screaming insects are emerging from the ground throughout the US in a jarring sight that hasn't taken place in 17 years.
The long-awaited cicada invasion is here, and the bugs have already been spotted hatching in at least three states: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
Scientists are also expecting billions more to emerge at any moment in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.
This startling awakening of cicadas is referred to as Brood XIV. The insects last appeared in 2008, and now the next window in their synchronized life cycle has come again.
The cicadas are hatching as the soil in these states reaches a temperature of about 64° Fahrenheit. The swarm will reach its peak in early June.
Heavily infested areas with plenty of tree-covered land will likely see more than a million bugs per acre.
While entomologists (scientists studying insects) say these creatures are harmless, their sheer numbers often frighten people who see these massive broods and hear their loud, shrieking mating calls.
For those who can't stand the sight of them, there's an app for that, and scientists are now giving everyone the ability to track (and avoid) Brood XIV's emergence.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I’ll stick with ribeye.
It was delayed due to Covid.
“Biblical swarm...invasion...screaming insects...”
Good old UK press.
Run in circles! Scream and shout!
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At risk of what? That's a seasonal occurrence every year somewhere........Sheesh!
D vote.
There are different broods in different parts of the country on different cycles and the cycles vary in length (in numbers of years).
Last year, IIRC, two big, long-cycle broods, had their grand convergence and matured at the same time and a lot of cicadas were seemingly everywhere.
Some scientist figured out that the length of the cycles are prime numbers in terms of years.
But every year, yeah, some brood matures and there’s an infestation of them in their domain.
I remember the year we had those nasty locusts in a suburb west of Chicago. I was in high school then, haven’t seen one since. Guess I’ve lived in safe places.
Greetings to One and All!
We just had a huge cicada emergence last year (2024) in northern Illinois. Are you saying cicadas will be making another appearance here this year?
...we had those nasty locusts in a suburb west of Chicago.
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Last year was the supposed 7 / 17 convergence. I can’t attest that this was the convergence event but I can report that western suburbs of Chicago and southern Wisconsin saw alot of these nasty critters.
Different bug.
The 17 year locust is a memorable event.
Google it. This group is in ky and tn.
We have a 2 year smaller version here in New Mexico. They were pretty populous when I first moved here in the early 90’s, but this year I’ve only seen two. The drought is the reason. The ground is so hard, the one’s under the surface can’t dig out.
Have you ever been in one of these invasions? It is biblical and amazing .! This is the rare event that lives up to the hype.
We are talking about there are so many shells you rake them like leaves.
I remember the warnings of this a couple of years back. Yawn.
“I remember the year we had those nasty locusts in a suburb west of Chicago. I was in high school then, haven’t seen one since. Guess I’ve lived in safe places.”
I grew up in Elmhurst, IL and well remember this same year of the locusts when I too was in high school (York High School). What a racket these creatures made as they wrapped their bodies around all the tree trunks. Ugh, a disgusting species.
I thought this huge wake up was last year!?? Now its this year!??
The autists of the insect world reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
For some reason we on the Eastern Shore of Maryland don’t get them, although the Wesrern Shore does.
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