They are almost gone! Within the next couple weeks, both the 17-year cicadas and the 13-year cicadas will disappear for the time period until the next cycle. Quite a long wait.

Whether or not you like the noise, wearing them into the house–the cicada are fascinating creatures, classified as Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadida. They are most likely one of the more short-lived creatures. They are primarily recognized for the melodic songs produced by most male cicadas. The males create these songs by flexing their tymbals, which are drum-like organs located in their abdomens. The sound is produced primarily through the rapid contraction and relaxation of small muscles, with the tymbals being manipulated to produce sound, and the resonance of the sound being amplified by the cicada’s predominantly hollow abdomen. Brood XIII made their appearance from mid-to-late May and continued into June, with their emergence spanning approximately four weeks. The life-span is about 5 weeks, maximum, so that leaves about a 6 to 8 weeks total life span of the brood cycle. This does not leave much time left, as the first sighting I personally had was on May 19^th.. The states that have seen an emergence in the year of 2024 have been:

1. Brood XIII (17-year cycle): Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana (Next year of emergence: 2041)
2. Brood XIX (13-year cycle): Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma (Next year of emergence: 2037)

Photo Gallery From This Year’s Event:

The Pre-Metamorphoses Stage:

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The Active Stage:

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Brood XIII and Brood XIX of periodical cicadas simultaneously emerged with an overlapping year this year for the first time in 221 years. For more info, please visit my previous article:

Cicada Brood XIII & XIX Emergence, 2024 – Happening Very Soon!

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More information on cicadas can be found at U.S. Forest Service at:

And National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) at:

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Cicadas Event 2024