Biblical swarm invades multiple US states for the first time in 17 years... see if your hometown is

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Biblical swarm invades multiple US states for the first time in 17 years... see if your hometown is at risk

Daily Mail
By CHRIS MELORE
1 June 2025



Hundreds of billions of screaming insects are emerging from the ground throughout the US in a jarring sight that hasn't taken place in 17 years.

The long-awaited cicada invasion is here, and the bugs have already been spotted hatching in at least three states: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.

Scientists are also expecting billions more to emerge at any moment in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.

This startling awakening of cicadas is referred to as Brood XIV. The insects last appeared in 2008, and now the next window in their synchronized life cycle has come again.

The cicadas are hatching as the soil in these states reaches a temperature of about 64° Fahrenheit. The swarm will reach its peak in early June.

Heavily infested areas with plenty of tree-covered land will likely see more than a million bugs per acre.

While entomologists (scientists studying insects) say these creatures are harmless, their sheer numbers often frighten people who see these massive broods and hear their loud, shrieking mating calls.

For those who can't stand the sight of them, there's an app for that, and scientists are now giving everyone the ability to track (and avoid) Brood XIV's emergence.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14765917/Biblical-swarm-cicadas-invade-US-states.html

[mountaineer]

We seem to have different broods here, as they've emerged at least twice since 2000. Ugh.

[corbe]

   I thought this Thread was gonna be about muslims.   

[mountaineer]

Cicadas are like the Muslims of the insect world.

[roamer_1]

As a yoot, I shoveled cicadas off our walks with a snow shovel... I will never forget it.

As for now, I haven't seen a cicada since 1974. They are utterly absent in the Rockies. Another grand blessing of this wonderful land! 

[mountaineer]

I think we ought to shovel them all into large boxes and ship them to Bill Gates. He loves a good bug snack.

[Smokin Joe]

As a yoot, I shoveled cicadas off our walks with a snow shovel... I will never forget it.

As for now, I haven't seen a cicada since 1974. They are utterly absent in the Rockies. Another grand blessing of this wonderful land! 

I haven't seen them over this way, either (ever). They were pretty common when I was a kid in the tidewater back East. We'd tie a string on their hind leg and use them as toys...for a while.