Cicada map 2025: New sightings of Brood XIV class seen in multiple states after 17 years

Spring is successful afloat cogwheel with warmer temperatures, rainy upwind and of course, the accomplishment of 1 of the nosiest insects.

Neighborhoods successful the eastbound fractional of the United States person already begun proceeding buzzing and clicking arsenic cicadas marque their 2025 debut.

While a nuisance to some, the bugs' beingness marks a uncommon occurrence arsenic the Brood XIV people is emerging for the archetypal clip since 2008. The 2nd largest periodical cicada brood appears each 17 years.

Sightings are expected to hap successful 13 U.S. states this year, Gene Kritsky, a professor astatine Mount St. Joseph University successful Cincinnati, told USA TODAY.

Since past week, sightings successful the Asheville, North Carolina, country person risen from 140 to 739, according to Kristsky's group, Cicada Safari, which crowdsources and reviews information connected the insects.

Here’s what you request to cognize astir Brood XIV, including whether cicadas volition buzz successful your country this year.

Where person cicadas started to emerge?

So far, astir of the cicadas added to this year’s Cicada Safari representation are successful western North Carolina, confederate Kentucky and parts of Tennessee.

As of May 9, cicadas person been reported successful the pursuing areas:

• Asheville-area, North Carolina - Around 700 sightings

• West of Knoxville, Tennessee - Around 90 sightings

• Nashville-area, Tennessee - Around 30 sightings

• Memphis, Tennessee country - 2 sightings

• Southern Kentucky - Around 160 sightings

• Western West Virginia - Around 40 sightings

• Cincinnati, Ohio country - Around 10 sightings

• Georgia - Around 10 sightings

• Northern Virginia - 1 sighting

• Trenton, New Jersey - 1 sighting

• Baltimore, Maryland - 1 sighting

To support way of cicada sightings, download the Cicada Safari mobile app, sojourn www.cicadamap.msj.edu oregon www.cicadas.uconn.edu/broods/brood_14.

Which brood of cicadas is emerging successful 2025?

This spring, residents tin expect to spot cicadas from Brood XIV, oregon periodical cicadas that look each 17 years.

It's considered to beryllium among the largest periodical cicada broods on with Brood XIX, which emerged successful 2024, according to the University of Connecticut.

Which states are expecting cicadas?

States expecting cicadas this twelvemonth see Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, Kritsky said.

Kentucky and Tennessee astir apt volition get the astir cicadas this year, said John Cooley, an ecology and biology subordinate prof successful residence astatine the University of Connecticut. There volition besides beryllium ample numbers successful Georgia, the Carolinas and Pennsylvania, helium said.

How agelong volition cicadas instrumentality around?

Cicadas, which are called nymphs successful their immature stage, don’t each look successful 1 night, Kritsky said.

“It takes astir 2 afloat weeks for the large bulk of the cicadas to travel out,” helium said. “Once they commencement coming retired astatine a circumstantial location, that starts the clock. You’ll person cicadas astatine that determination for the adjacent six weeks.”

The nymphs archetypal marque their mode retired of the ground, past crawl up a histrion oregon an upright surface, Kritsky said. They past fastener their claws onto the aboveground they’ve chosen.

According to Cooley, travel July, determination volition hardly beryllium immoderate motion of cicadas minus the holes successful the crushed and the eggs successful the trees.

How does this year's brood comparison with past year's?

Kritsky said this year's brood, XIV, volition beryllium dense successful immoderate areas. The two broods from past year – the 13-year Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII – emerged successful much states, however.

Another ample 17-year brood, Brood X, emerged successful 2021 successful Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Can cicadas springiness maine mites?

Areas with a precocious cicadas beingness often lure oak leafage itch mites done their eggs, Kritsky said. People whitethorn beryllium bitten by mites if they walk clip nether oak trees six to 10 weeks aft the cicadas laid their eggs.

“The eggs commencement to hatch, but erstwhile they hatch, besides leaving the ovum nests are the mites,” helium said. “They driblet retired of the ovum nests onto radical and origin an itching reaction.”

The reply to preventing the itching sensation is simple, helium said: “If they commencement emerging successful mid-May, don’t beryllium nether the oak histrion during the period of July.”

Why bash cicadas buzz?

The buzzing sound associated with cicadas is their mentation of singing, Cooley said. The males sing 3 types of songs, prosecute successful duets with the females and past mate, helium told USA TODAY.

More connected the adjacent brood: Are cicadas returning this year? What to cognize astir Brood XIV and wherever to spot them

Is my plot harmless with cicadas?

Kritsky said radical disquieted astir their gardens should not fret. Cicadas don’t eat, they drink, helium said.

They initially provender connected writer roots and past aboriginal puncture the xylem tissue that carries h2o to histrion leaves.

If anything, the lone harm cicadas origin is erstwhile females laic eggs astatine the ends of branches, sometimes breaking branches and turning the leaves brown.

“However, that doesn't termination the tree,” helium said. “It really tin beryllium perchance beneficial due to the fact that it‘s similar a earthy pruning. ... The angiosperm adjacent twelvemonth volition beryllium adjacent larger.”

How to way cicada sightings

Kritsky collects information connected cicadas via his Cicada Safari app and website. He encourages parents and guardians to speech to their children astir cicadas and effort retired immoderate of the activities helium has listed connected his website.

Cicada enthusiasts tin adjacent speech to their parents and grandparents astir cicadas that person emerged implicit the past fewer decades.

“If you're fortunate capable to unrecorded successful an country wherever the cicadas are and you’ve got kids, instrumentality them extracurricular during the night,” helium said. “Let them spot this. This is simply a once-in-a-generation activity. They'll ne'er hide it.”

Brood XIV: See the 2025 cicada map

This representation shows astir wherever Brood XIV is expected to marque an quality this spring, however, experts accidental it tin beryllium tricky to cognize precisely which counties volition person confirmed sightings.

Contributing: Emily DeLetter

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected USA TODAY: Cicada representation 2025: New Brood XIV sightings reported successful aggregate states