Cicada Brood Emergence 2024. Usda forest service map showing cicada brood emergence april to may 2024 in the eastern united states. Trillions of periodical cicadas from two broods are emerging from their underground habitats in over a dozen states this year, filling the air and creating a lot of.

In the midwest, there’s brood xix, which pops up every 13 years, and brood xiii, which emerges every 17 years and is concentrated in the southeast. The arrival of brood xix and brood xiii will send shockwaves through forest.