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Are the Periodical Cicadas coming to your town?

This page is strictly dedicated to Magicicada periodical cicadas (aka 17 and 13-year cicadas, and "locusts"). This does not cover annual cicada species (cicadas that arrive every year), or cicadas outside of the United States.

The next periodical cicada emergence, Brood I, will occur in 2012 in VA and WVA.

Note: You might find some "stragglers", which are Magicicada that emerge ahead of time (or after).

  1. Verify that they're coming to your state. Check the Magicicada Brood Chart on this page.
  2. Check Cicada Brood Maps linked from this page to see if they're coming to your general area
  3. Check to see if they're coming to your neighborhood. Good sources include:
    1. Check the Cicada Central Magicicada Database to see the towns where cicadas have appeared in the past.
    2. Ask someone who lived there 13 (or 17) years before.
    3. Old timers
    4. Town Hall
    5. Check your local Library for old newspaper articles
    6. Check with a local college: contact the biology or agriculture departments
  4. They're coming, and I have baby trees!
    1. Spray them off with a garden hose
    2. Foil around the trunk (to keep them from crawling up) (thanks Deborah)
    3. Insect barrier tape
    4. Place netting over your precious ornamental trees: Try a landscaping supply place - where you bought the baby trees in the first place
    5. Don't use pesticide - we love all insects
  5. They're coming, and they scare me!
    1. Get a grip! They're only bugs.
    2. Try a hat, an umbrella, a bee-keepers' outfit, a suit of armor...
  6. They're coming, and they're going to ruin my wedding!
    1. Try our Cicada Wedding Planner
  7. What day will the emerge???
    1. Use the cicada emergence formula to try to guess when they will emerge.
Magicicada septendecim

Consult the Brood Chart:

Note: Stragglers can emerge 1 or 4 years early or 1 or 4 years late. Don't be surprised if you see some periodical cicadas emerge earlier than planned this year.
The Brood Maps on the site are about 100 years old; go to Cicada Central Or Magicicada.org for updated maps.

Magicicada Brood Chart
Brood Life span ( 17 or 13 year ) Year Where? Maps
I 17 1944, 1961, 1978, 1995, 2012 VA,WVA Brood I map (Magicicada.org)
II 17 1945, 1962, 1979, 1996, 2013 CT, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA Brood II map
III 17 1946, 1963, 1980, 1997, 2014 IA, IL, MO Brood III map
IV 17 1947, 1964, 1981, 1998, 2015 IA, KS, MO, NB, OK, TX Brood IV map
V 17 1948, 1965, 1982, 1999, 2016 OH, PA, VA, WVA Brood V map
VI 17 1949, 1966, 1983, 2000, 2017 GA, NC, SC Brood VI map (Magicicada.org)
VII 17 1950, 1967, 1984, 2001, 2018 NY Brood VII map
VIII 17 1951, 1968, 1985, 2002, 2019 OH, PA, WVA Brood VIII map
IX 17 1952, 1969, 1986, 2003, 2020 NC, VA, WVA Brood IX map
X 17 1953, 1970, 1987, 2004, 2021 DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WVA, Washington DC Brood X map
XIII 17 1956, 1973, 1990, 2007, 2024 IA, IL, IN, MI, WI Brood XIII map
XIV 17 1957, 1974, 1991, 2008, 2025 KY, GA, IN, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WVA Brood XIV map
XIX 13 1972, 1985, 1998, 2011, 2025 AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, VA Brood XIX map
XXII 13 1962, 1975, 1988, 2001, 2014 LA, MS Brood XXII map
XXIII 13 1963, 1976, 1989, 2002, 2015 AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, TN Brood IV map (Magicicada.org)

Maps come from Marlatt’s The periodical cicada: an account of Cicada septendecim, its natural enemies and the means of preventing its injury…