What's to Blame for This Year's Cicadas Invasion?

The season of cicadas is now fully upon us as the exasperating insects emerge from the ground in record swarms. For weeks, Americans were warned that the bothersome bugs would be popping up in historic numbers. One woman was enjoying some time outdoors when she became the unwitting victim of a cicada "fly-by." Once they emerge, cicadas have a lifespan of about four weeks. The current invasion should die off in July.

[DakinRinone]

nothing is to blame, its literally just nature doing its thing.

[person]

Central Virginian here. Am I the only one who has seen zero cicadas this year?

[khn]

Ngl I rather deal with cicadas than mosquitoes

[UmUs]

I love cicadas, as a child, I used to go hunting for their husks with my father, we would drive all around our city looking for parks with trees that cicadas liked! I also like their sounds, it reminds me of the passage of time, they also look cool

[Jesse]

Good thing Cicadas don't live very long. Right now they're just making noises to attract mates and die after that.

[brad]

Way to not answer THE QUESTION OF YOUR VIDEO'S TITLE. Stellar as always, Inside Edition.

[chaosman]

As if people never had to live with them before, God what has society become? 🤦‍♂️

[babygoblingamer]

People should be glad they don’t have to deal with cicada noise the whole year personally I don’t mind the noise tho (I like bugs) 🙃😅

[brycewhitehead]

I would take cicadas over flying venomous spiders any day ngl

[Aliensgoboom]

They don’t really bother you if you leave them alone 🤷‍♀️ there were swarms of them in the desert in the shade lol 😂

[Andrewgrider]

Yea it’s crazy here in the Chicago area

[RedBirdPatriot]

We live on the Florida Panhandle near Tallahassee. The cicadas have been crazy this year. 😳

[cadebecker]

Cicadas have always known to be safe towards humans. They never bite or sting.

[jessmess]

I live in upstate South Carolina and for months all I heard on the news was there was going to be more cicadas than usual cause of the double hatching. I have yet to see or hear any cicadas.

[AliensComeback]

I don't know much about cicadas, but they seem to be the "playful" kind of insects!

[jorellbrackett]

The heck that cicadas don't bite. They definitely do. I've been bit by several of them. I work for a tree company and I have been bit by several of them

[charlotteblesses]

God, I haven't seen Cicadas a lot that is good but the flies and those laternflies. 😂

[SoberOKMoments]

Blame? Nature just out there doing its thing without our permission. It's allowed.

[BMash]

I grew up in rural PA and ya'll couldn't even imagine what it was like 15 summers ago, I can't imagine what it's like now. You'd think I was making it up. One day, it was so bad, each cicada was plentiful flying in the air enough where they could've been raindrops if it were raining. That's how many there were. Me and my buddies were TRAPPED inside some days haha. It was nuts. LITERAL swarms. Like out of a movie. Absolutely unreal.

[thepoisonouspotato]

I haven’t been seeing them or hearing them lately