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Brood XIX includes all four different species of 13-year cicadas: Magicicada tredecim (Walsh and Riley, 1868), Magicicada tredecassini (Alexander and Moore, 1962), Magicicada tredecula (Alexander and Moore, 1962), and the recently discovered Magicicada neotredecim (Marshall and Cooley, 2000). 2011 was the first appearance of Brood XIX since the discovery of the new species, which was first ...
Parts of Tennessee will soon see the emergence of Brood XIX cicadas, which have been dormant for the past 13 years. The brood is expected to emerge starting around mid-May in Tennessee and keep us ...
Cicada-geddon will include the 13-year brood Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII. Brood XIX will be found in 14 states including Tennessee and Brood XIII will be emerge in the Midwest.
In 1998, an emergence contained a brood of 17-year cicadas (Brood IV) in western Missouri and a brood of 13-year cicadas (Brood XIX) over much of the rest of the state. Each of the broods are the state's largest of their types. As the territories of the two broods overlap (converge) in some areas, the convergence was the state's first since ...
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Map of periodic cicada broods with Brood XXIII shown in dark green. Brood XXIII (also known as the Mississippi Valley Brood) is a brood of 13-year periodical cicadas that last emerged in 2015 around the Mississippi River in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, and Illinois.
Brood XIII, which appears every 17 years, and Brood XIX, on a 13-year cycle, will coincide for the first time in over 200 years. These cicadas are smaller varieties, growing to 1.4 inches, but ...
The double emergence of Broods XIX and XIII is rare, occurring every 221 years (when the 13-year and 17-year cicadas overlap, as 13 times 17 is 221).