Is The Cicada Double Emergence Actually A Big Deal?

Brood XIX and Brood XIII are making their way to center stage! Join Insectarium host Dr. Jessica L Ware as she debunks some myths you may have heard and explains what these insects are up to during their time above ground.

Have you started seeing cicadas in your neighborhood? Let us know in the comments!

[JoshJones-]

I own a sod farm. I noticed a few weeks ago that the cicada killing wasps had a lot of nests drilled out on my bare ground. There are a few every square foot across 100 acres.

[LiteraryStoner]

So people yet again freak out as if the world is ending over something that naturally happens every so often... -_-

[coachtaewherbalife]

I'll do the eating and mating part, but I draw the line at laying eggs.

[strngenchantedgirl]

All I know is that I’ve never lived in a house before that had such big old trees when the periodical cicadas came out. It’s so loud and the smell where they are decomposing near one of my big oaks is awful. They are everywhere. We have thousands just in our yard.

[BackyardBiomes]

Scenes like these are happening all over the galaxy, right now

[jonmandelbaum]

I remember some years ago I saw an adorable if twisted needlepoint on Etsy with an illustration of one of these critters and the ornate text “SCREAM FUCK DIE” words to live by

[nyves]

my lab loved to eat them! she they were the best things ever

[arjr]

And yet the destroy crops costing farmers millions of dollars