2024 Cicadas Chicago. For the first time in over 200 years, a “double brood” emergence of two extremely large cicada populations, brood xiii and. 2024 is a big year for periodical cicadas in illinois, where broods xiii and xix will be emerging throughout much of the state at the same time.
Where billions of cicadas will emerge this spring (and over the next decade), in one map cicadas will hear the call of spring. Wondering why chicago’s cicada invasion hasn’t hit your neighborhood?