15 US States Are About To Get Inundated With Billions Of Noisy Cicadas

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The Brood X cicadas will emerge in large numbers in the next few weeks (Credit: John Obermeyer, Purdue Entomology, Purdue University)

Fifteen US states, including New York, Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, as well as Washington D.C., will soon be buzzing with billions, and perhaps even trillions, of cicadas. The noisy, red-eyed members of Brood X, which have been hibernating underground for the past 17 years, will emerge unannounced as soon as the conditions are right: the soil is 64 degrees, and on a night that's humid enough but free of wind and rain.

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  • owl14
    owl144년 이하
    I live in NYC but I have not seen any thankfully.
    • niceshoes123
      niceshoes123약 4년
      So glad not in Colorado.😅
      • wlise11
        wlise11약 4년
        Yeah I live in Kentucky and in the summer it is hard to take a nap when all u hear is screeching from then and my sister picks the shells up all the time it is gross.
        • grogu
          grogu약 4년
          Michigan is not on the red zone phew
          • wolfy_blue
            wolfy_blue약 4년
            You have no idea how luck you are...I was walking to a tennis court and a cicada flew in my hair 😰
            • wlise11
              wlise11약 4년
              Same here my family went to Ohio for my parents anniversary and there will millions of them hitting the widow we had to turn on the wipers like 5 times and then when we got out and one flew in my sister's hair she started screaming and freaking out now she won't pick up any more shells thank goodness lol
              • boltman1223
                boltman1223약 4년
                I was a tennis court to they were everywhere
                • x_goddess_x
                  x_goddess_x약 4년
                  haha, lol, that's funny and I feel bad for you. I live in NJ, none so far!!
              • wolfy_blue
                wolfy_blue약 4년
                Oh no...I hear them right now...
                • mattchien
                  mattchien약 4년
                  Looks strange to me!
                  • fighter123
                    fighter123약 4년
                    Im live in the red zone to I live in Maryland and there are millions and there SO LOUD.
                  • roseofbutter
                    roseofbutter약 4년
                    I'm in the red zone too!But I live in Georgia which is surrounded by the gray zone and so far, I have NOT seen a single cicada.
                    • firestar-cat
                      firestar-cat약 4년
                      West Virginia has it too! That's where I travel! My grandma is gonna see this all over the internet.💀
                      • corgiqueen
                        corgiqueen약 4년
                        At summer camp my friend, Sam, and I collect cicada shells. I'm from Wisconsin so I just barely dodged a bullet.
                        • roseofbutter
                          roseofbutter약 4년
                          Last month, my dad said that he was a kid, he would collect cicada shells but he never had any use for them so he threw them out.

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