"2024 Cicada Emergence: Anticipating Rare Double Brood in Select States"

After 221 years, 16 states in the South and Midwest are set to experience the simultaneous emergence of two different cicada broods, Brood XIX and Brood XIII, starting in mid-May and ending in late June. While the noisy insects do not pose a threat to humans, their mating calls can reach up to 90 decibels, making for a loud spring and early summer. The cicadas, known for their distinctive screeching and clicking noise, cannot be controlled by pesticides and may cause inconvenience by littering sidewalks and roads with their corpses.