Cicadas

A rare phenomenon that hasn’t occurred since Thomas Jefferson was in the White House is set to take place - but possibly for the last time.

It isn’t a comet or the upcoming solar eclipse — rather, the emergence of trillions of cicadas. Two broods of the flying insects — named XIII and XIX — are set to invade the east coast and midwest in the coming weeks after last burrowing out of the soil together in 1803.

Their next co-emergence isn’t expected until 2245.

“I’ve actually been looking forward to this for many years now,” Dr Katie Dana, an entomologist and cicada expert from Illinoistold The Independent. “I’ve been trying to spread the word — people haven’t listened until this year.”…….

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cicada-broods-maps-2024-b2505683.html