Cicadas 2024 Trending Topics. It’s common for cicada broods to emerge in the same year, but 2024 is unique because of the size and close proximity of the two. An animated look at what will happen in the upcoming emergence of brood xix and brood xiii, when more than a trillion cicadas will surface.

And then you’ll hear their mating calls, too. 2024 will be a banner year for cicadas—and homeowners desperate to get rid of them.