Community Chat

[songbird]

They've actually been gone for quite a few days now.  Even their bodies left behind, have disintegrated.  So they lasted toward the ending of June.  Strange not seeing them. I bet the birds are really crushed. Not going to miss them. I plan on being around for the next 17 years though.

[BabyYoda]

I am thrilled they are gone! My landscaper just finished earlier with blowing away their dead skin they shed. One did land on me a few days ago but the majority of them are gone. Just a straggler or two now.

[Annabellethecat66]

We never had any in our entire neighborhood.

My daughter lives closer to DC.  She had (her words) at least 1,000 in her back yard.

[DiAnne]

I would be hiding in the bathroom!

[golding76]

Mine left about a week ago.  There might be a stray carcass here and there.

Like the D.C. daughter, I was thunderstruck by the number of dead bodies on my patio last week.  There had to be at least 500.  Not kidding.

[Mindy D]

They are so gross. Glad they are going away. 

[catter70]

I'm in east central Pa and we didn't have any at all where I am. That's okay with me. Maybe they're running late.

[doolie]

I'm in NJ and nothing at all.....does that mean it's over.

[JYWilliams]

I didn't see any around where I live.

[songbird]

@JYWilliams @doolie @catter70   If you didn't see/get them it's mostly likely because where you live they had delvelpment or you have a different brood of cicadas. Link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cicadas

Name Nickname Cycle (yrs) Last emergence Next emergence Extent

Brood I	Blue Ridge brood	17	2012	2029	Western Virginia, West Virginia
Brood II	East Coast brood	17	2013	2030	Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, District of Columbia
Brood III	Iowan brood	17	2014	2031	Iowa
Brood IV	Kansan brood	17	2015	2032	Eastern Nebraska, southwestern Iowa, eastern Kansas, western Missouri, Oklahoma, north Texas
Brood V		17	2016	2033	Eastern Ohio, Western Maryland, Southwestern Pennsylvania, Northwestern Virginia, West Virginia, New York (Suffolk County)[28]
Brood VI		17	2017	2034	Northern Georgia, western North Carolina, northwestern South Carolina
Brood VII	Onondaga brood	17	2018	2035	Central New York (Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Yates counties)[Note 1]
Brood VIII		17	2019	2036	Eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia
Brood IX		17	2020	2037	southwestern Virginia, southern West Virginia, western North Carolina
Brood X	Great eastern brood	17	2021	2038	New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan[29][Note 2]
Brood XI		17	1954	Extinct	Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Last seen in 1954 in Ashford, Connecticut along the Fenton River
Brood XIII	Northern Illinois brood	17	2007	2024	Northern Illinois and in parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Indiana[Note 3]
Brood XIV		17	2008	2025	Southern Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, northern Georgia, Southwestern Virginia and West Virginia, and parts of New York and New Jersey[Note 3]
Brood XIX	Great Southern Brood	13	2011	2024	Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia[Note 4]
Brood XXI	Floridian Brood	13	1870	Extinct	Last recorded in 1870, historical range included the Florida panhandle
Brood XXII	Baton Rouge brood[32]	13	2014	2027	Louisiana, Mississippi[Note 5]
Brood XXIII	Lower Mississippi River Valley brood	13	2015	2028	Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee