To all those in the Midwest and Southeast, how are you doing? We’re talking about the cicadas, naturally. Cicada-geddon is underway in states like Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and South Carolina. This summer season, two massive broods of periodical cicadas are emerging around the same time and in roughly the exact same geographical area, and it’s the very first time this has happened in 200 years.
It looks like the circumstance shifted into overdrive this weekend in some states, like Illinois. Folks are sharing their plague-like videos and pictures on social media so the rest of us can gawk. Lots of people are not a fan of this summer cicada takeover.
I seem like we’re in hell now … I’m not returning outside up until the fall. Or whenever these mfers disappear. I dislike cicadas. pic.twitter.com/DdNNhvDmA0!.?.!— Harold’sChikin(@Chikineats
)May 21, 2024 This news reporter in Western Springs,
Illinois had to keep his hood up while recording a video since the bugs were raining down on him from the tree overhead … while at the same time crawling up his pant leg. The CICADAS HAVE ARRIVED! Millions of them are swarming trees
… and people … in Western Springs, Illinois. pic.twitter.com/3muYCG9BGh!.?.!— Marcus Leshock(@marcusleshock)May 20, 2024 When Will the Cicadas Disappear? Periodical cicadas emerge every 13-17 years. Once they come out of their underground hideouts, they will
consume, procreate, and pass away– all in a span of a few weeks. Considering that the insects aren’t all at the exactly the very same stage, they will not die at the exact very same time. It’ll most likely be a month or so after the pests emerge before you get a break. Video by Daniel Terrill So if you’re living in this cicada circus, hang on, it will not last too much longer. And after that whatever brood is closest to you won’t come back for another 13-17 years. To all those in the Midwest and Southeast, how are you doing? We respond to the concern everyone is asking: When will the cicadas go away?