Cicadas Arrive in the Southeast, and are ready to hit the Midwest

They don’t sting, bite, make you itch, or suck blood. The 13-year Cicadas are arriving in the southeast. Dr. Bruce Snyder, Associate Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Georgia State University says once the soil warms up to a certain temperature the Great Southern Brood XIX (19) will emerge and be around for about a month. He says people in central Georgia are already seeing the insects. He says the 13-year Southern Brood coincides with the appearance of the 17-year Northern Illinois Brood XIII (13), which only happens every 221 years. They are clumsy when they fly and group together in trees.