Description
Periodical cicadas are rare. Of the roughly 3,400 cicada species on Earth, only seven of these live underground as nymphs for enormously long periods of time and all are found in eastern North America. As adults, these true bugs are colorful and loud yet as bland nymphs they live underground for 13 or 17 years, only to emerge from their burrows to grow golden wings and fly into the trees to reproduce. So, even though this only happens periodically, it seems to be happening regularly in Tennessee. Fact is there are 15 different populations called broods. In 2021, it was Brood X that thrilled us. Last year it was Brood XIX and this year it's Brood XIV and each year it's in slightly different locations.
Join the UT Arboretum Society via Zoom on Thursday, May 1, 7pm EDT as Michelle Campanis, education coordinator at the University of Tennessee Arboretum, and naturalist/author Stephen Lyn Bales give us an overview of these bodacious bugs. The May First Thursday Nature Supper Club presentation is hosted by the UT Arboretum Society. Watch the virtual presentation from the comfort of your own home and learn if this cicada-a-raida is coming to your hometown! The program will be recording and sent to everyone who registers. Closed captions are available.
Date & Time
Thu, May 1, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM