I had a similar experience moving from the Bay Area to Kansas in the 2010s. I landed in the KC metro just in time for the most recent local emergence. I was am

I had a similar experience moving from the Bay Area to Kansas in the 2010s. I landed in the KC metro just in time for the most recent local emergence. I was amazed at what was such a foreign experience. There were so many cicadas flying about that I had them landing on me and hanging on while I mowed my half-acre lawn. Free loaders! Joking aside, the sound was deafening but strangely comforting after I got used to it. My dogs also think cicadas are fun-to-chase snacks, as we still have some emerge every year, just nowhere near the volume during of a brood emergence. To the sibling poster wondering about how to experience them: my experience is they’re impossible to miss during a brood emergence, even in a metro area like Kansas City. Driving through… you’ll definitely hit them with your car! But just stopping at a local park to see them all hanging and flying around trees will net a pretty solid experience, too.