Cicada map 2024: Latest on Broods XIII and XIX as sightings are reported across the South
Periodical cicadas, the insects famous for their huge numbers and loud noise, are emerging in two groups, or broods: Brood XIX and Brood XIII. The two broods, which have not emerged together in 221 years,
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At least two named broods are thought to have vanished: Brood XXI was last seen in 1870, and Brood XI in 1954. Brood XIII and Brood XIX will emerge together this year, for the first time in more than two centuries. But only in small patches of Illinois are they likely to come out of the ground in the same place.
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Brood XIII, also known as the Northern Illinois Brood, will be seen in the Midwest, primarily in Illinois and Iowa. The double emergence of this kind is the first recorded since 1803—221 years ago, when Thomas Jefferson was in the White House.
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