The DePaulia
Kalia Butler, Contributing Writer|May 11, 2021
It’s a plane, it’s an engine, it’s a lawnmower it’s actually a cicada. These boisterous insects and their shrieking songs have been underground for the past 17 years and are set to surface within the coming months. Brood 10 will come by the thousands starting mid-May and will remain above ground until June. By the beginning of July, the cicadas will be gone until their next emergence 17 years from now.
The cicadas coming in 2021, all belonging to the genus Magicicada, will primarily have black bodies, yellow-orange wings and red eyes. The three species within this umbrella vary by size and the sound they produce. Brood 10, a group of periodical cicadas that will appear at given geographic locations in a defined and synchronous way, will not be seen in the Chicagoland area.
Trillions of bugs will tunnel out from underground for a massive mating frenzy. What is Brood X? Where will the cicadas show up? All your questions, answered.