Art Print: Cicada (Various Colors)

They're coming!!

Cicadas appear most years on the East Coast of the United States. But it’s a different 17- or 13-year crew that wakes up each time. 

This year, though, will be a rare event. Two groups — known as “broods” — are waking up during the same season. There will likely be billions, maybe trillions, of the insects. The last time these two broods emerged at the same time was 1803!

There’s the 17-year-group called Brood XIII, which is concentrated in Northern Illinois, and the 13-year clutch, Brood XIX, which will emerge in Southern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and throughout the Southeast.

8" x 10"