Cicadas are returning by the trillions in the U.S. this year – a synchronized emergence that begins when the dirt reaches a precise 64 degrees. The buzzing bugs have already come out in some places – here’s where.Where will cicadas emerge in 2024?Two cicada broods are emerging at the same time this year, meaning the U.S. will see more cicadas than usual.Brood XIX, which comes out every 13 years, will emerge in the Southeast in Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.Brood XIII, which comes out every 17 years, will be seen in the midwest, primarily Illinois and Iowa.Cicadas live underground for most of their lives, and at the end of their 13 or 17-year cycles, they emerge, fly into the trees, molt, mate and then die. Their babies then fall onto the ground and burry themselves into the dirt while they await their next emergence.They only come out at the end of their cycle, when the dirt reaches 64 degrees. This is expected to happen in May or June in most places, according to Ken Johnson, a horticulture educator at the University of Illinois. But some states warm up faster than others – and they’ve already seen cicadas emerging.Videos show where cicadas have already emergedNear the Georgia-South Carolina border on April 25, CBS News National Correspondent Dave Malkoff found thousands of cicadas filling the air with their signature, loud buzzing sound. Some were seen molting, or shedding their skin, on a tree trunk.”They take a while to turn into their full adult bodies,” Malkoff said, holding a cicada. “They have to dry out and then they get their wings.”A small section of Illinois will see both Brood XIX and Brood XIII converge this year. In Champaign, Illinois last week, CBS Chicago’s Maddie Weirus went on the hunt for nymphs – or baby cicadas – with University of Illinois entomolog …
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