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Most years, one brood of periodical cicadas makes an appearance above ground.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
Myth: Exposure to cicada noise will cause hearing loss
As the second-largest periodical cicada, Brood XIV can make a lot of noise when the male cicadas attempt to attract mates with their buzzing sounds.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Most modern cicadas belong to this family, including annual cicadas that appear every summer worldwide, as well as broods of black-bodied and red-eyed periodical cicadas, which emerge from May to June in eastern North America in cycles of 13 or 17 years.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Emerging once every 17 years, Brood XIV is the second-largest group of periodical cicadas — which rise from underground en masse — and will be the only group this spring.
—Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
Myth: Exposure to cicada noise will cause hearing loss
As the second-largest periodical cicada, Brood XIV can make a lot of noise when the male cicadas attempt to attract mates with their buzzing sounds.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Most modern cicadas belong to this family, including annual cicadas that appear every summer worldwide, as well as broods of black-bodied and red-eyed periodical cicadas, which emerge from May to June in eastern North America in cycles of 13 or 17 years.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Emerging once every 17 years, Brood XIV is the second-largest group of periodical cicadas — which rise from underground en masse — and will be the only group this spring.
—Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Periodical cicada.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodical%20cicada. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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