National Geographic
This summer, the eastern U.S. will be inundated with trillions of Brood XIV periodical cicadas. These large, red-eyed insects emerge from the ground at 13- or 17-year intervals, filling the air with their distinctive buzzing sound. Dubbed "the mother of all 17-year broods," Brood XIV was last seen in the U.S. in 2008, but sightings date back to the Plymouth colony in 1634. Learn more about periodical cicadas and what makes this brood so significant at the link in bio. Photograph by @beckythale
12 hours ago
You say this nearly every year...
12 hours ago
Every year is the biggest brood. What gives
12 hours ago
Every year is the year of the Cicada
12 hours ago
Every year, it's the mother of all broods.
12 hours ago
Totally harmless to humans, but an important food source for so many other species.?
11 hours ago
Idk why the comments are saying "its the same every year" unless you live where I do and you can't even hear yourself think over the sound of this brood, you dont know the struggle lol this is definitely different from other years.
12 hours ago
And btw the MOST harmless of all insects out there. Amazing creatures.
12 hours ago
So cool....always loved these things! They don't bite and cause little to no damage anywhere!😍
12 hours ago
Well, you say that every year so I have high expectations that this year will be Famine, the 3rd horseman of the apocalypse… seems fitting.
12 hours ago
LFGGG
12 hours ago
Verano en hemisferio norte, aquí en hemisferio sur las veremos en unos meses 😍
12 hours ago
@stonedaffection
8 hours ago
Why is it called the 14 year brood if it comes out every 13 or 17 years? Is it the 14th strain?
11 hours ago
Beautiful ❤️
12 hours ago
They said, every single summer