Didn’t Hear The Cicadas In 2021? Wait Until 2024
Cicada sitting on a leaf in Vermillion County in May 2021. Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom
Brood X of cicadas have also made themselves heard in Clark, Crawford, and Edgar counties in Illinois, and in 16 other Midwestern and Eastern states. To talk about what a “brood” is, when we can expect these cicadas to leave and when the rest of the state can expect a hatch, The 21st spoke with a scientific specialist.
Guest:
Katie Dana, Scientific specialist and entomology PhD candidate with the Illinois Natural History Survey
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