2024 Cicadas Months In. That’s because 2024 will see two separate batches of periodical cicadas emerge en masse, spread across much of the eastern half of the u.s. Will emerge from the ground nearly.

In spring 2024, a double brood of periodical cicadas will emerge from the ground, molt, and take to the trees to serenade areas in 17 states across the southeast and midwest. Periodical cicadas aren’t present every spring, but when they do emerge, they come in loud, buzzing hordes.