A 17-year cicada brood is set to emerge. Will Michigan hear the big-eyed insects?
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Brood XIV cicadas are set to emerge in about 13 states in 2025.The periodical brood of the insects last appeared in 2008.This year, Brood XIV periodical cicadas are set to emerge from the ground for the first time in nearly two decades, though you likely won’t see this particular group in in Michigan.
Brood XIV cicadas will appear in about a dozen states to the south of Michigan once the ground warms up this spring.
Michigan plays host to annual cicadas, also called dog day cicadas that appear in late summer, as well as Brood X cicadas, which emerge every 17 years in the spring. “The Great Eastern Brood” last appeared in 2021 in the Lower Peninsula.
Some Brood XIII and brood XIX cicadas, other periodical groups, appeared along the southern Michigan border in 2024.