Summer cicada invasion to occur in northeast Oklahoma
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma, March. 27, 2024) – A rare emergence of both 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas will begin as early as late April in the eastern half of the U.S., and eastern Oklahoma will notice the abundant, loud insects. Millions of 13-year Brood XIX cicadas are expected to break through the soil and appear above ground to mate in far eastern Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, southern Illinois and several southern states. After hatching and burrowing…