May 16, 2024
Me this summer when the 2024 Double Brood Emergence starts:
seen from Brazil
seen from Australia
seen from China
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Canada
seen from China
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Canada
seen from India
seen from Russia
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Germany
seen from Türkiye
seen from China
seen from Canada
seen from Canada
seen from Spain
seen from United States
seen from Canada
Me this summer when the 2024 Double Brood Emergence starts:
Me: Starts to sleep
Cicadas: Let us sing the song of our people!
Me: -GLEE!-
BROOD II
GAH! Cicadas! These little buggers are back in New Jersey! They last came out in '96, which is the same year I first moved to NJ with my family. I was 7. It was like something out of an old time horror film with the ground and trees covered in massive bugs that occasionally flew into your hair. I mostly remember the CRUNCH of there old husks that would litter the ground; you couldn't walk outside without stepping on at least one.
This group of cicadas is called Brood II and there are estimates of 30 billion or more of them.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/05/11/seeking_sex_after_17_years_billions_of_cicadas_about_to_emerge_from_underground.html