Does anyone know if the cyclic cicadas are expected to emerge in the Villanova area this spring. I looked at a map for the Brood II cicadas, and it doesn't look promising.

I lived through the 1996 emergence in central NJ and REALLY want to avoid the process again. I will be moving to the Villanova area this summer, and will be looking for housing in the spring.

Any insights?

This is one of the most unusual and intriguing questions I've seen posed on this forum.

As I understand it, cicadas awaken every 13 years--the last time being 2011: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/...13-years_n.htm

It looks like you're safe until 2024.

HTTY

We had them in East Tennessee last summer and it was a miserable (loud) several weeks. They are amazing though!

I have to add one more comment. I was out blowing off the driveway with a leaf blower and felt these "things" all over my body. They were attracted to the noise of the blower. I almost had a heart attack and probably could have won money on one of those tv shows!

Although the map in the article does not include Texas, we had them in Houston (1977-1980) and heard them every summer. They stopped singing when the temperatures dropped below 78F.

There are actually some other cyclic cicadas too, beyond the 13 year ones. I don't have the answer for the poster, I think they will need to look at what cicadas may be emergent in that particular area, and what the cycle is.

I do remember the horror of cicadas I think it was 1985 in NE Missouri. I had never seen such a thing, they were everywhere with big red eyes. Ugh, I'm getting the shivers just thinking about them.

Lucky you. Yes the 17 year Cicadas will be hatching in Southeastern PA this spring. This is indeed Brood II.
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsh...iodical-cicada
I do remember seeing them in central PA in 1996 while I was working for the PA Bureau of Forestry.
About 200 years ago farmers in PA misnamed them "Locusts" and the name seems to have stuck even though a locust is a grasshopper species.
In other parts of the country as far west as Iowa, different "broods" will be hatching in different years. Some 13 year and some 17 year.
I hope this helps you understand this longest life insect.

I certainly hope I'm safe this year. I agree that the cicada emergence was a uniquely interesting, albeit terrifying, phenomenon. But, once in a lifetime is enough for me!!

I love them.

your welcome for the advice earlier.

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