Kentucky’s Upcoming INVASION—Billions of DEAFENING Cicadas Set to Explode This Spring!
Nature’s wildest orchestra is about to hit the Bluegrass State as countless cicadas prepare their once-in-a-generation emergence. 🌐 #News #FrankfortKY #Kentucky #Lifestyle
FRANKFORT, KY — Get ready, Kentucky – your peaceful spring is about to get seriously noisy. Billions of red-eyed insects are plotting their dramatic escape from their underground lairs, where they’ve been hiding since George W. Bush was president and the iPhone App Store was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye.
A Sleeping Army Awakens
These aren’t your average backyard bugs. After 17 years of silence, Brood XIV cicadas are preparing to burst from Kentucky’s soil in a mass emergence that will transform the Bluegrass State into an amphitheater of insect acoustics.
The Great Kentucky Bug-plosion
Starting the first week of May, these prehistoric-looking creatures will begin their takeover of Kentucky’s trees and gardens.
The emergence won’t happen all at once – it’ll take two full weeks for all the cicadas to crawl their way to freedom, creating a crescendo of activity across the state.
Louder Than a Jet Engine
If you think your neighbor’s lawn mower is loud, just wait. These cicadas can create a collective buzz reaching up to 102 decibels – that’s louder than a plane landing.
The male cicadas’ mating calls will build to their peak about two weeks after emergence, creating what might be Kentucky’s largest (and loudest) singles mixer.
Nature’s Timeline
The six-week cicada festival will follow a precise schedule.
After emerging, males will wait five days before starting their legendary chorus. The sound will grow progressively louder as more cicadas join the party, reaching its peak around mid-May.
The Next Generation
After the mating rituals conclude, female cicadas will lay their eggs in trees across Kentucky.
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These eggs will eventually hatch, producing tiny nymphs that will drop to the ground and burrow into the soil, where they’ll remain until 2042.
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