Billions of cicadas are expected to emerge this spring

The cicadas will be seen in at least a dozen states in a rare double-brood event.

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00:00 cicadas are almost back w

00:04 about eight inches deep r

00:08 we're going to see the fi

00:11 cicadas. But this time th

00:14 billions. What's exciting

00:17 there's two broods emergi

00:20 19, which is a 13 year ci

00:25 13. Interestingly enough,

00:29 cicada. These 13 and 17 y

00:32 sink up about every 221 y

00:36 will be spotted in at lea

00:38 mainly in the Midwest and

00:41 Illinois, the two broods

00:44 you drive from the south

00:47 all the way up to the nor

00:49 to be in cicada land. Whe

00:53 spring, you'll be able to

00:57 noisy. It's the boys, the

00:59 that sing and the boys ar

01:02 the females in to mate. T

01:05 harmless. They don't bite

01:08 are going to lay eggs in

01:13 so if people do have any

01:17 that they're worried abou

01:19 covering them with netting

01:21 a few weeks above ground,

01:24 next generation waits beh

01:28 I'm Amy Victor.

01:30 (crickets chirping)