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New Orleans needs to prepare for love bugs, not cicadas.

US News: Cicadas are insects known for their prominent eyes, clear wings, and large bodies, ranging from 1 to 2 inches long. They are famous for their loud cho

Some are referring to it as a “cicada-pocalypse” with trillions of cicadas set to emerge this spring.

This year, experts said there will be a double brood emergence of cicadas in the US, in which two different broods emerge simultaneously.

After her comments, co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg rushed to correct her, insisting that there was nothing sinister behind the eclipse and the rise of bugs.

In a matter of weeks, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song filling the air.

This spring, an unusual cicada double dose is about to invade a couple parts of the United States

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin blamed Monday’s solar eclipse, Friday’s earthquake and the expected cicada breeding season on "climate change."

The broods are known as Brood XIX and Brood XII, and they’re simultaneous appearance is rare as the concurrent event has not happened since 1803, and won’t occur again for another 221 years.

A rare occurrence of two breeding groups of bugs will be invading sixteen states across the US in an event that hasn't happened for 200 years.