Brood XIV, the most native of the buzzing cicades, appear this spring. This time, billions of them will hit at least 12 states, experts say.
This breeding, Brood XIV, is considered to be the second largest periodic cycade, according to the University of Connecticut.
Brood XIV is one of the 15 periodic cicades that appear every 13 or 17 years, according to Cincinnati Enquerr, part of the USA Today network.
They come out of the ground when the soil temperatures reach 64 degrees. This usually happens in the second half of May. While annual cicadas appear worldwide every year, periodic cicades can only be found in the Eastern United States, Enquirer reports.
BROOD XIV: See CICADA 2025 card
Based on the past behavior, the group probably appears in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, and nine southern districts in Indiana, Gen Christ.
This card is shown approximately where Brood XIV is expected to appear this spring, but experts say it may be difficult to find out exactly which cities will have confirmed observations.
Why is it difficult to understand exactly where breeding will appear
John Kulie, Assistant Professor of Residence at the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Connecticut, told the USA Today that the researchers determine where Cikades would appear using past records. The university also has a card to register the Brood XIV Cicadas card.
However, this is not so cut and dries when determined where the breeds will be determined.
According to Coley, sometimes breeding crosses its wires and appears during the cycle. Cikadas may appear this spring in areas such as New York, Washington, Maryland and South Carolina, but that doesn’t mean they are part of Brood XIV, Kulie said.
What is known for sure, he said, is that in Massachusetts, Brood XIV will come out in a small part of Cape Code, in New York, Brood XIV will come out to a small part of Long Island, and in Indiana the breeding will be in the southern part of Louisville.
“There is a little confusion … in southern Ohio around Cincinnati,” Kulie said. “There is a lot of occurrence outside the cycle, so the breeding can be shifted.”
Deborah Waller is an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Old Dominion. Referring to Kuli’s previous work, she said the older emergence happened on the state line, but not in the state of South Carolina.
“There was an appearance on the southern border of Indiana, but there was no appearance in DC,” she said. “It is likely that the appearance of Brood XIV for 2025 will follow the GPS -based card from 2008.”
More about this year’s breeding: 13 countries that are expected to burst with Cikada this year. Here’s when and where they will appear.
How often do these cicadas appear?
Brood XIV appears every 17 years, so the last time it appeared was 2008, Crys said. Brood XIV is likely to start appearing in the third week of April or when the areas get “good rain”, Crysi told USA Today.
Brood XIV cicadas taken in 2008. Insects appear every 17 years.
According to Crysky, this is the order in which they are likely to appear:
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Third Week of April – North Georgia
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Fourth Week of April – South Tennessee and South Carolina
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First Week of May – Central Ohio, North Tennessee, West Virginia
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Second or third week of May – West Virginia, Northern Kentucky, South Ohio, Maryland and Massachusetts
Towers from the University of Connecticut early stated that Kentucky and Tennessee are likely to see the most cicadas this year. Other countries with a large number of cicadas will be Georgia, Carolina and Pennsylvania, he said.
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What is the life cycle of the cicada?
Cicadas are part of the order of Hemiptera, the same group that includes stinking bugs, bedbugs, aphids and families of Cicada, Crys said. Periodic cicadas like Brood XIV are found only in the eastern half of the United States, he said.
The insects in this breeding spend years underground, appearing every 17 years. They are known for the buzzing sound that men make. The males sing three different types of songs and a duet with the females before mating, said towers of the University of Connecticut.
After mating, females lay eggs in branches of trees. About 6 to 10 weeks later, eggs hatch and babies fall to the ground, Crys said. The minors then pass underground and feed on grass roots.
Contribution: Chad Murphy, Enquirer of Cincinnati
Saleen Martin is a reporter on the USA Today team now. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – 757. Send her an email to sdmartin@usatoday.com.
This article originally appeared in USA Today: Cicada Brood XIV will appear in at least a dozen states: See map