they're going to emerge synchronously in such massive numbers, they fill the bellies of every predator that wants to eat them," Raupp explains. Even after predators' bellies are full, there are still many, many cicadas left to reproduce.
Spring of 2021 is the big one. Brood X, a group of periodical cicadas that emerge every 17 years, will tunnel out of their long dormancy and take over the Cincinnati area. We're talking billions of cicadas across 15 states – including Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. There have been several questions about the cicadas
