Listen "Cicadas here! Cicadas there! Cicadas are gonna be everywhere!"
Episode Synopsis
Every 13 years in the Southeast and parts of the Midwest, countless cicadas rise out of the ground and breed. The spring and summer of 2024 marks the thirteenth year since the cicada brood known as brood XIX’s last emergence, which means in a few months they’ll be everywhere.Jonathan talks with Clemson University entomologist Eric Benson about the fascinating lifecycle of what are called “periodical cicadas.”Benson is going to tell us what we learned about brood XIX when it emerged in 2011, what we can expect when they come out again in 2024, and what citizens can do to help scientists understand this wonder of nature.SHOW NOTESBrood XIXUConn Brood XIX websiteMagicicada tredecim 3D models and mating callsFor show notes and additonal resources, visit https://blogs.clemson.edu/earthly/.Earthly is hosted and produced by Clemson University.
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