Cicadas. That's it, that's the caption. Not in a good way. There’s no easy way to tell you that the cicadas are here. And our home, Washington, D.C., is the likely epicenter of the nearly once-in-a-generation swarm. “Yeah, it’s really bad news,” Here are some things you should know about cicadas. They are loud. They are bigger than a quarter. When they emerge, they are horny. There will be billions of them. But the cicadas don’t sting or bite. Yay.