Get ready! We predict cicadas will begin emerging next week. EDITED

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Our first-ever cicada forecast calls for the bugs to really explode in about two weeks.

'A wave of summerlike weather is upon us and, as soils warm, soon the 17-year cicadas will emerge in astonishing numbers throughout the D.C. area.

As soon as soil temperatures reach about 64 degrees, the Brood X cicadas, last seen in our region in 2004, will be unleashed, scientists agree.

We’ve analyzed current soil temperatures and the weather projections and, in our first-ever cicada forecast, predict a noticeable emergence of cicadas next week, starting as soon as between May 3 and May 6. Then they should arrive in large numbers by the beginning of the following week, between May 10 and May 12.

Because it is currently so warm, do not be surprised to see a few early bloomers this week as well.

Once they come out of the ground, the cicadas should stick around for about a month before laying their eggs and dying off.' >>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/04/27/cicada-forecast-dc-early-may/?

EDIT: GOOD NEWS for Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's counties in MD (and Pr. William, Fauquier + Stafford counties, in VA,) we appear to be sort of out of the zone! (See diagram.)