Cicada Apocalypse Is Coming to Texas in 2024

Areas of Texas could be swarmed by cicadas in 2024. Sounds creepy and somewhat biblical, but it's all part of how cicadas breed. So get ready for loud Texas nights filled with the buzzing of cicadas.

Every Texans knows what cicadas are.

In the summer, Texans become desensitized to the sound cicadas. They are definitely the soundtrack to a Texas summer! But if you come face-to-face with a cicada, they can be downright terrifying. They are HUGE flying bugs. And their shells they leave hanging on trees can be unsettling sites to see.

Even though cicadas and all their noise is commonplace for Texas, this year will be different. According to experts, 2024 will be the year of the cicada apocalypse. Reason being is because a huge brood of cicadas are going to make earth their new home this year.

2024: The Rise of the Cicadas!

Cicadas live most of their life underground. They spend most of their time chewing through the earth for decades until it's time for them to rise out of the ground to breed. Most years, only one brood of cicadas emerge, but in 2024, two broods will raise themselves out the dirt.

One of the broods will come up in the upper midwest, while the second will rise across most of the southern parts of the nation, which includes parts of Texas and Oklahoma. These broods will probably double the normal population of cicadas in areas of the nation that are used to them.