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While annual cicadas emerge worldwide each year, periodical cicadas can only be found in the eastern United States, the Enquirer reported.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Some periodical cicadas emerge in 13- or 17-year cycles.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
And while Cicada Safari is just for periodical cicadas, regular old annual cicadas occur almost everywhere on Earth.
—Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2024
Nature's next big show — cicada double emergence What to know about this year's periodical cicada emergence:
Brood XIV will emerge this time
Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical cicada brood, last emerged in 2008, Tamra Reall, an entomologist at the University of Missouri, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Some periodical cicadas emerge in 13- or 17-year cycles.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
And while Cicada Safari is just for periodical cicadas, regular old annual cicadas occur almost everywhere on Earth.
—Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2024
Nature's next big show — cicada double emergence What to know about this year's periodical cicada emergence:
Brood XIV will emerge this time
Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical cicada brood, last emerged in 2008, Tamra Reall, an entomologist at the University of Missouri, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Periodical cicada.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodical%20cicada. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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