Cicadas 2024 Texas Tech. Trillions of periodical cicadas—several species of the genus magicicada that emerge every 13 or 17 years—broke soil across the eastern u.s. We invite you to celebrate radical innovation.
One of the most peculiar of north america’s natural wonders — the synchronized mass mating frenzies of big, obsessed insects called periodical. A texas a&m agrilife entomologist explains the rare phenomenon.