For the first time since 1803, two broods of cicadas to emerge at the same time

Multiple species of periodical cicadas, including this Magicicada tredecim, have historically existed in Louisiana. Photo courtesy of Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
For the first time since 1803, two broods of periodical cicadas — one that appears every 17 years and another that emerges every 13 years — will come from the ground simultaneously in the United States this spring and summer. The 13-year brood, identified as Brood XIX and nicknamed the Great Southern Brood, ranges across the southeastern U.S. and has historically appeared in a few of Louisiana’s…

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