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Cicadas are taking the country by storm in 2024, and Illinois is at the center of a historic swarm of insects 200 years in the making. Two different broods of periodical cicadas are emerging at the same time — a 13-year brood in southern Illinois and a 17-year brood in the north — something that hasn’t happened since before Illinois was a state.
We’ll be rounding up all things cicada, from the sights and sounds on the ground to interviews with experts. Love ‘em or dread ‘em, cicadas are going to be the most buzzed-about event of the year.