I just spotted an article that says some states may be getting Cicada's this year
Somewhere gets them virtually every year. Each "brood" is mapped, and no 2 broods of a given type come on the same year. So, of the 17 year cycle cicadas, there are 14 broods, which means only 3 in 17 years are they absent.
But then you have 3 broods which come every 13 years. So overall, while its possible to miss a year here and there, on average there is more than 1 brood hatching in a year, somewhere at least.
This year the Smokies and much of the south got it going on. I'm heading down, tryin to move it up to late June, I can't go any earlier than that. Anyone know when the peak of the fishing time was?
2012 will have Brood I. WV and VA mountains. Maybe even a touch of SC PA!
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/BroodI.html
2013 is the I-95 corridor. Chance for them on Valley Creek?
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/BroodII.html
Next main hatch here in PA, though, isn't until 2021.
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/BroodX.html
And the central PA extravaganza, like the last one, in 2025. I'll be in my mid 40's. Ugh.
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/BroodXIV.html