10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3.2. 1. It's May 13th. I'm Bethany Van Delta. And this is the 10 News, where we get the lowdown on what's up in the world.

This week, America is buzzing about bugs. A group of cicadas are about to start making some noise after spending the last 17 years underground.

Let's get to the 10.

Have you heard this sound where you live?

That buzzing is a sign of an insect extravaganza.

Lane Farber from the Nature Nerds podcast is here with an insect update on the billions of cicadas that are about to swarm the skies all across the United States.

They're small, they're loud, and they grow underground.

I know what you're thinking, and no, this is not a story about magical singing plants.

Aw, man.

This is a story about something even cooler, a wonderful little bug.

Well, billions of wonderful little bugs. Today,

we're talking about cicadas. But what makes these noisy little critters so newsworthy?

Well, this month, a group of rare cicadas are making their debut and covering 15 states in billions of buzzing bugs.

The group of cicadas is called Brood 10, and they only appear once every 17 years.

Wow.

Now, to understand what makes Brood 10 so special, let's learn some basics about these fabulous flying

insects. And to help us with that, let's hear from my friend and insect expert, Zach Lemon.

Cicadas are insects that belong to a big group called homopterans. You may be familiar with some

other cicada relatives like aphids and leaf hoppers.

Zach is an animal curator at the Audubin butterfly garden and insectarium down in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He knows a lot about bugs.

All homopterins have piercing and sucking mouth parts, so they don't chew food.

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