Your guide to 2024’s rare cicadapocalypse

Trillions of these noisy insects are set to take to the skies in the first double brood event in 221 years.

For the first time in 221 years, this spring will see billions, if not trillions, of cicadas take to the skies in a rare synchronized event that will transform our ecosystems for years to come.

In forests across the United States, two groups, or “broods,” of these noisy insects will crawl out...