The two types of cicada insects will co-emerge in certain areas of the United States in 2024, marking a unique event. This is the first time that 13- and 17-year broods would emerge in the same year since 1803 and not since 1998. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see all seven cicada species in one year is provided by the co-emergence; this will not occur again until 2037. What is concerning is that 50,000 cicadas per acre to 1.5 million cicadas per acre could appear.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/cicadas-2024-emergence-periodical-brood-2024-map-cicada-rcna134152
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/us/cicadas-emergence-broods-xix-xiii-scn/index.html
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/16/cicadas-2024-emerge/72241240007/
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https://cicadas.uconn.edu/#:~:text=2024%20is%20a%20special%20year,and%20XIII%20will%20co%2Demerge.
https://www.snopes.com/search/cicadas/