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Updated: 1:30 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff Its mid-April in Cincinnati. And already, there are signs of cicadas across the area. But youll still have to wait a few weeks before they emerge from their long dormancy.Brood X, a group of periodical cicadas that emerge every 17 years, will tunnel out of their long sleep and take over the Cincinnati area, starting in May. This is the same buzzing and massive brood that became the soundtrack o...

We already told you about those 17 year periodical cicadas emerging this spring...BILLIONS of these bugs lie dormant for 17 years and then pop up though the ground like a horror movie. That is supposed to happen this May. Well hang onto your hat because apparently this influx of cicadas triggers other things to happen like an increase in pit vipers! PIT VIPERS!

The Atlantic Cicadas Know How to End a Multiyear Lockdown Billions of bugs are about to burst out of the ground to begin the mass gathering of a lifetime. It’s hard not to feel jealous. Grant Heilman / Alamy A lot can change in 17 years. The last time the cicadas were here, the virus behind the SARS outbreak had finally retreated. George W. Bush was campaigning for his second presidential term, and Myspace had commenced its meteoric rise. Tobey Maguire was still the reigning Spider-Man. The y...

Mother Nature’s Epic ‘Cicada-Palooza’ Is Coming Soon To 15 States Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin The emergence of Brood X cicades only hppens every 17 years, and only in the United States. Dr. Mike Raupp, University of Maryland W ant to experience one of America’s great natural wonders this spring? Trillions of cicadas will soon emerge from underground in 15 states over the coming weeks, as a massive colony of insects known as Brood X (or Brood 10, if you prefer) awaken...

Sometime this spring, billions of cicadas that have been underground since 2004 will emerge en masse and blanket parts of the Eastern United States with their song and, eventually, their carcasses.

When the Soil Hits 65 Degrees, This Will Happen Ahhh, Spring. Already we are seeing flowers, everything is turning green, the trees have buds and the birds are chirping. It’s a beautiful season. But pretty soon, we’re going to hear more than birds chirping. And we’ll be seeing something that’s far from beautiful. This year, 2021, is a cicada year. Yup, it’s been that long since the last invasion already, and soon they’ll be rearing their ugly little heads. And in certain areas this ...

They’ve been sucking sap for 17 years and now these five-eyed insects are about to make their way to the surface. From the East Coast to the Midwest, Cicada Brood X, will take to the trees and sing their mating song. Each female will lay hundreds of eggs in the tree branches --- and then the adult cicadas will die. Once the eggs hatch, new cicadas fall from the trees and burrow back underground, starting the cycle again, sucking the sap from tree roots until they’re ready to surface and mat...

Plus we'll see the return of periodical cicadas for the first time since George W. Bush was in the White House.

A big event is about to happen in the insect world as billions of these insects will soon emerge from underground across the US.

Periodical cicadas have a strange habit of appearing every 17 years. Although they don't bite and are not poisonous, they can destroy new shrubs and trees and their shed carcasses are a nuisance.