2024 Cicadas Month. That’s because 2024 will see two separate batches of periodical cicadas emerge en masse, spread across much of the eastern half of the u.s. Periodical cicadas, which only live in midwestern and eastern states, spend either 13 or 17 years.
Cicadas count years, likely using the flow of tree sap. 2024 is a special year for periodical cicadas: