Ozarks exempt from massive brood cicada invasion in 2025
After the 'cicada-pocalypse' of 2024, we won't experience a wave as bad as this year.
Last year saw the emergence of Brood XIX cicadas with their distinctive red eyes, black bodies, and deafening choruses. This massive brood of cicadas are on a 13-year cycle, meaning entomologists don't expect their return in 2037.
2025 will be considerably quieter for our region. While Brood XIV, a 17-year cicada brood, is beginning to emerge across parts of the Ohio River Valley, the Ozarks are not part of that brood's territory.
Now, this doesn't mean we will be completely free of the blaring bugs. Annual cicadas will begin emerging over the coming weeks as soil temperatures start to warm, sending the signal to bugs that it's time to resurface.
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