Some 17-year cicadas are emerging early — four years to be exact — in northern Illinois, experts say.
They’re coming. Sort of.
Every 17 years, northern Illinois is inundated by the emergence of periodical cicadas called Brood XIII Cicadas.
“When that happens, when the 17-year cicadas emerge, there are so many of them and they are so loud that you can be standing next to someone trying to have a conversation but you can’t hear a word,” said Kim Isaacson, the horticulture program coordinator for the University of Illinois Extension of Lake County in Grayslake. “This year, we’ll just get a small, little taste of that.”
Maybe you’ve already gotten that “taste.” Some people in the Chicago area are seeing some cicadas in their yards or hanging out around trees four years ahead of the full emergence of the noisy Brood XIII Cicadas, due to hit the area in 2024.
Experts expect the early emergence through about late June.
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