The insects will infiltrate a much bigger geographical area than similar occurrences in most years because they’re part of the dual emergence of two particular periodical cicada broods.
Although the full-scale emergence isn’t underway yet, experts have some guidance on how to prepare for cicada season.
A periodical cicada that has just shed its outer skeleton crawls among holes dug by emerging cicada nymphs on May 20, 2021, in Takoma Park, Maryland.
A young tree in Takoma Park, Maryland, is draped in netting in May 2021 to protect its small branches from being damaged by periodical cicadas laying their eggs in them.
It’s not clear why periodical cicadas evolved to emerge every 13 or 17 years.
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Organizations:
CNN, Naturalists, Southern, University of Maryland, North, George Washington University, US Food and Drug Administration
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Chicago, Nashville, St, Northern Illinois, Takoma Park , Maryland, North America, United States