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For the first time in 221 years, two Cicada broods will emerge together this coming April a

swath of the country will soon be buzzing loudly with up to a trillion cicadas

yeah it will mark the first time since 18 and

oh three, with a dual emergence of two periodical cicata groups.

We have the Great Southern Brood.

Think about every 13 years, and you've got the Northern Illinois

brood and they emerge every 17 years. This spring it'll be another 221

years before the Broads which are geographically adjacent appear together again now

and here's the thing we do not get the cave designer at least not those types of

broods went through it twice when I lived in Maryland because it is once every

17 years. I cannot explain they are harmless, they do not sting, they do not bite, but they're

super loud and they cover every available surface because there's I mean the outside of your building will be black with red eyes every tree is covered top to bottom your lawn is covered it's unbelievable

so what they're saying is is that the combination of these two

broods will more than likely lead to cross breeding between the two species

which will create a new brood set to a new cycle an extremely rare event according to an entomologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Here's where it hits hard. Georgia Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma,

Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina,

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