(WTAJ) -- It's almost that time of year again - when cicadas emerge from the ground to visit us during their summer vacation. Can we expect to see them this summer in Pennsylvania though?
The next major emergence of the periodical cicadas will start in late April and early May this year, where two different broods will be out. Brood XIII will be seen in only Northern Illinois while Brood XIX will emerge in different parts of the United States.
The double emergence of those two broods only occurs once every 221 years, with the last documented time being in 1803. For perspective, Lewis and Clark started their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase the last time these broods were seen together.
Will Pennsylvania see those cicadas this summer?
Periodical cicadas belong to theorder Hempitera, which includes stink bugs, bed bugs, aphida and other cicada families. After hatching, the immature cicadas spend 13 to 17 years underground before emerging in May and transforming into adults.
Pennsylvania will not be seeing either brood of periodical cicadas this year. In 2021, the Commonwealth saw Brood X, which took over the outdoors for the summer months.
That is not to say that there will be no sighting of cicadas in Pa., just that there won't be a massive group swarming you every time you step out of the house this year. Residents of the Commonwealth can expect to see annual cicadas here and there, with some Brood XIV stragglers from different states stopping by as well. Random stragglers tend to emerge in late May when soil temperatures reach 64 degrees often after rain.
The next periodical cycle will arrive to Pennsylvania in 2030, where Brood II will make an appearance. Brood X will return for a big hello in 2038.