Theeey're (Almost) Here
Are you looking forward to the cicadas?
Are you absolutely dreading it?
Ready or not, Brood X is already starting to emerge from their underground bunker to enjoy their moment in the sun.
Courtesy CicadaMania.com
1 app by Mount St. Joseph University, called Cicada Safari. The app can help you identify periodical cicadas and share the location where you found them. The data will help determine exactly where periodical cicadas exist in order to create maps for future generations. Download at http://cicadasafari.org/.
2 pennants won by the Reds during Brood X years
3 to 4 weeks of chorusing (singing)
(Cool weather or rain can prolong an emergence, so don’t think a mild summer will make things quieter around here!)6 to 8 weeks is the typical emergence period
15 states are part of the 2021 Brood X emergence
20 species of cicada in all, with 14 annual and 6 periodical
64 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature when the cicadas begin to emerge
356/square yard, the highest number of cicadas measured per square yard in 2004 (In Delhi, so watch out, Westsiders!)
1715, the year Brood X first appeared in the region, in Clermont County
2025, the next periodic cicada emergence (Brood IVX)