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The brood emerging this years, Brood XIX, is a 13-year brood that stretches from southern Iowa to Oklahoma, through the southern coastal states and as far east as Washington D.C.
Once male and female cicadas have mated and the female has laid its eggs, USA TODAY reports the insects will die after spending only five weeks above ground, according to National Geographic.
These 17 states, which range from Oklahoma to Wisconsin to North Carolina and more, are seeing the trillions of cicadas emerging this year in a rare, double brood event.
In 2024, both are coming up from the ground for the first time in 221 years. This means billions of cicadas will be emerging, largely in the Midwestern and Southern United States.
The emergence from Maryland to Oklahoma and Illinois to Alabama will generate trillions of bugs across those areas. The map below shows the cicada broods emerging this year: Brood XIII and Brood XIX.
There are three species of 17-year cicadas, and four species of 13-year cicadas. The insects live almost their entire lives at a soil depth of anywhere from eight inches or more, according to Liesch.
The double emergence of Brood XIX and Brood XIII in multiple states this year will be the first time since 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president.
For the first time in 221 years, the Northern Illinois Brood and the Great Southern Brood of cicadas will emerge simultaneously across the eastern U.S. 2 broods of cicadas set to emerge: 2024 map ...