2024 Cicadas Chicago. For the first time in over 200 years, a “double brood” emergence of two extremely large cicada populations, brood xiii and brood xix, will simultaneously rise out of the ground this spring, flooding the chicagoland area with their signature chorusing. Cicada holes — about the size of your pinky — create helpful tunnels to funnel water and nutrients to tree roots.
Cicadas are officially emerging from the ground in several parts of the chicago area as the start of a historic emergence begins. The brothers left chicago around 5 a.m.