NORTH CAROLINA, USA — If you live in the Triangle region of North Carolina or parts of the Piedmont Triad - like Alamance or Randolph counties - you're probably wondering when you'll get some peace and quiet from the loud singing of the periodical cicadas known as Brood XIX!
Don't worry, they won't be around much longer. According to Clyde Sorenson, professor of Entomology at NC State University, these 13-year cicadas hit their peak around May 10 and will be gone by June 1. Once they're gone, you won't see (or hear) this brood again until 2037.
But more cicadas are set to emerge in parts of North Carolina and other states in the coming years. Here's a look at where and when you'll see them, according to the University of Connecticut's cicada research collection.
17-year broods
- Where: NC, KY, GA, IN, MA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV
- What parts of North Carolina: The interactive map appears to show the brood stretching along NC's Blue Ridge Mountains, just east of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian Trail.
- Fun fact: This brood and the current 13-year cicada Brood XIX will co-emerge in 2076.
- Where: NC, CT, GA, MD, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, VA
- What parts of North Carolina: This brood is expected to emerge in a few areas of the Piedmont Triad. In Guilford County, this brood will swarm an area near Bryan Boulevard. In the western Piedmont, the East Coast Brood will hatch on the borders western Forsyth County, Surry County, Yadkin County, and Davie County. Check out the map here.
- Where: NC, GA, SC
- What parts of North Carolina: This brood will emerge along the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina.
- Where: NC, VA, WV
- What parts of North Carolina: It appears this brood will emerge in parts of Wilkes, Surry, and Alleghany counties, near and beyond the Virginia border.
- Where: NC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV
- What parts of North Carolina: The map appears to show this brood emerging in Wilkes County and you may also find them along the Great Smoky Mountains on the NC and TN border.
13-year broods
- Where: NC, AL, AR, GA, IN, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, OK, SC, TN, VA
- What parts of North Carolina: As we've seen in 2024, this brood is set to emerge again in areas of Randolph County and surrounding areas.
