2024 Cicada Emergence: Rare and Mysterious ๐
Discover why the 2024 periodical cicada emergence is so rare and fascinating, with billions emerging after years underground.

BBC Global
236.9K views โข May 3, 2024

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Periodical cicadas have a very strange lifecycle.
They spend 13 or 17 years underground (depending on the brood), and then suddenly emerge in their billions over the course of a few weeks.
And now, in 2024, an ultra rare "dual emergence" of cicadas is happening โ with two different broods of emerging at the same time. It has not happened for 221 years โ and won't happen again for another 221 years.
Cicada expert Dr Gene Kritsky explains it all.
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They spend 13 or 17 years underground (depending on the brood), and then suddenly emerge in their billions over the course of a few weeks.
And now, in 2024, an ultra rare "dual emergence" of cicadas is happening โ with two different broods of emerging at the same time. It has not happened for 221 years โ and won't happen again for another 221 years.
Cicada expert Dr Gene Kritsky explains it all.
Subscribe to BBC Global: https://www.youtube.com/c/bbc_global?sub_confirmation=1
For the latest news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com
#bbc #cicadas #nature
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