{"id":6501,"date":"2024-05-01T06:25:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=6501"},"modified":"2024-05-01T06:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:25:46","slug":"a-rare-double-brood-emergence-of-cicadas-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/05\/01\/a-rare-double-brood-emergence-of-cicadas-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rare Double Brood Emergence Of Cicadas Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/articles\/double-brood-cicada-emergence-2024\/\">Science Friday<\/a> <em>Two cicada broods on 13- and 17-year cycles coincide this spring, meaning trillions of buzzing insects across the South and Midwest.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has begun. Legions of cheese-puff-sized insects have started to climb out of the dirt after spending more than a decade underground sucking sap from tree roots. Over the next month and a half, their numbers will continue to grow across the South and then the Midwest in what will become an emergence of trillions of periodical cicadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jessica Ware, an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History, finds the insects graceful. \u201cThey have these beautiful red eyes and lace-like wings,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This small sliver of their life cycle that\u2019s visible to us, when males and females get their sole opportunity to mate, is a raucous and unforgettable affair. There can be nearly 30 cicadas per square foot. Such high densities are likely a survival strategy since cicadas that come aboveground in off-years would find themselves easy, edible targets. \u201cThere\u2019s safety in numbers,\u201d Ware explains. During a mass emergence, \u201cyou hopefully have made your predators full with your siblings or distant relatives and you yourself live to pass your genes on to the next generation.\u201d (Ware says that those who feel squeamish about the coming \u201ccicada-geddon\u201d can reassure themselves with the fact that squirrels, chipmunks, birds and other animals will be treated to a rare, protein-rich bounty\u2014and\u00a0<em>their<\/em>\u00a0numbers will grow as a result.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/articles\/double-brood-cicada-emergence-2024\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Friday Two cicada broods on 13- and 17-year cycles coincide this spring, meaning trillions of buzzing insects across the South and Midwest. It has begun. Legions of cheese-puff-sized insects have started to climb out of the dirt after spending more than a decade underground sucking sap from tree roots. 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