{"id":9942,"date":"2019-06-21T19:54:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T02:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=9942"},"modified":"2019-06-21T19:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T02:54:34","slug":"my-brood-viii-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/my-brood-viii-report\/","title":{"rendered":"My Brood VIII Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year Brood VIII periodical cicadas<\/a> emerged in the Pittsburgh area, and I traveled to see and map them. Unfortunately, I only had 3 days, so I only saw the western side of the Brood. <\/p>\n

\"Mating<\/p>\n

All things considered — including cool, cloudy weather (which cicadas don’t like as much as hot & sunny) and a very rainy spring — Brood VIII was the least impressive brood I’ve witnessed, in terms of the sheer number of cicadas. I hope no one in the Pittsburgh area takes offense to that statement — Brood VIII is your brood, and you should be proud of it. It is just that as we humans build more and more, and continue to alter the environment, the numbers of cicadas will steadily dwindle. and I think we’re seeing that happen to Brood VIII.<\/p>\n

Here’s an impromptu map of the places I saw cicadas:<\/p>\n

\"Brood<\/p>\n

And a list of places:<\/p>\n