Cicada Surge: Waukesha naturalist explains 17-year phenomenon

Within the next few weeks, parts of southeastern Wisconsin may see a surge of cicadas.

For the first time in 17 years, Brood XIII, a group of periodical cicadas, will emerge from the ground and make themselves known with their iconic hum.

Even more unique, this emergence overlaps with the emergence of Brood XIX, 13-year cicadas.

“This is a thirteen and seventeen-year occurrence. It only comes up once every 221 years,” Erin McKeon Ricchio, a park naturalist at the Retzer Nature Center in Waukesha, explained. “The last time this happened, Thomas Jefferson was president.”

In Wisconsin, McKeon Ricchio said we may see pockets of Brood XIII, which are different than the cicadas Wisconsin sees every year.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service website, Brood XIII is expeceted to emerge in Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha, and Milwaukee Counties.

Read more here: https://www.tmj4.com/news/waukesha-county/cicada-surge-waukesha-naturalist-explains-17-year-phenomenon

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