Cicadas This Year 2024. One of the most peculiar of north america’s natural wonders — the synchronized mass mating frenzies of big, obsessed insects called periodical cicadas — is playing out across the southeastern and. Eastern north america is the only place in the world where you find periodical cicadas — groups of cicadas that emerge from the ground.
An animated look at what will happen in the upcoming emergence of brood xix and brood xiii, when more than a trillion cicadas will surface. They’re both around an inch long.