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These periodical cicadas, which emerge every 13 or 17 years depending on the brood, differ from the annual cicadas that appear every year in many states.
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
The hole was, presumably, a periodical cicada’s tunnel dug ahead of this summer’s emergence of billions of others that will come out simultaneously across the United States.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2024
Still, periodical cicadas are not the most audible.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
Additionally, during years when large numbers of periodical cicadas emerge from the soil, trees can suffer significant damage from egg-laying by females.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2024
Above ground, periodical cicadas have a similar life cycle, appear in much larger numbers and are much louder.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
The winged insects are expected to appear across the Midwest and Southeast starting early May, in a double emergence of two different broods of periodical cicadas.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Of the species emerging in 2024, Brood XIII is a 17-year periodical cicada, and Brood XIX is a 13-year species.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
There are two groups of periodical cicadas – those that emerge every 13 years and those that emerge every 17 years.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
The hole was, presumably, a periodical cicada’s tunnel dug ahead of this summer’s emergence of billions of others that will come out simultaneously across the United States.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2024
Still, periodical cicadas are not the most audible.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
Additionally, during years when large numbers of periodical cicadas emerge from the soil, trees can suffer significant damage from egg-laying by females.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2024
Above ground, periodical cicadas have a similar life cycle, appear in much larger numbers and are much louder.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
The winged insects are expected to appear across the Midwest and Southeast starting early May, in a double emergence of two different broods of periodical cicadas.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Of the species emerging in 2024, Brood XIII is a 17-year periodical cicada, and Brood XIX is a 13-year species.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
There are two groups of periodical cicadas – those that emerge every 13 years and those that emerge every 17 years.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
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