After 17 years underground, billions of bug-eyed cicadas are expected to emerge soon: Will Staten Island see any? Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 12, 2021 Well into the cicada cycle, Wolfe's Pond Park was inundated with the red-eyed creatures on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.(Staten Island Advance/ Bill Lyons) Facebook Share Should Staten Island brace for an infestation of buggy red eyes and deafening chirps? Not exactly, experts say. Though some area naturalists plan to hunt down members of the expected Brood X in Staten Island’s wooded areas this spring, New York City isn’t actually due for a 17-year resurgence of its own flying, buzzing Brood 2 cicadas for several more years.