2023 will be a quiet year for periodical cicadas, though there will be some off-cycle “straggler” emergences.  We’re looking forward to a busy year in 2024, when 13-year Brood XIII and 17-year Brood XIX will co-emerge.

Periodical cicadas can develop fungal infections– and the fungus hijacks their mating signals!  Featured in UCONN Today.