These types of events occur every 221 years, the last recorded in 1803
One ‘Cicada apocalypse‘ is about to infest the streets of Central-Western and South-Eastern Italy WEan event that occurs every 221 years.
According to information from daily email, over the course of about six weeks, four species from brood XIX in the south and three species from brood XIII in the north will breed, lay eggs, and die. Although mathematically rare, both litters are expected to appear at the same time in May this year.
In a warning issued by a professor at Tennessee Tech University, the The infestation is expected to reach 16 statescausing irreparable damage to hundreds of trees.
Professor, entomologist and cicada expert at Mount St. Joseph University, Gene Kritsky said Daily email that the double emergency is an event that happens 12 times every 221 years, but this is the truth first time since 1803 that these litters will emerge together.
According to Kristky, Southern states will witness the appearance of cicadas in the last week of April, followed by parts of Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia in May. “By the third week of May, the bugs started appearing in Illinois and Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa,” Kritsky added.
Cicadas spend most of their lives as larvae living underground and feeding on the sap of tree roots. After several years of growth, they emerge from the ground as adults, shed their skin and fly away to find a mate. This adult phase lasts only a few weeks, during which they reproduce before dying.
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Source: Terra
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