Cicadas 2024 Virginia. For the first time in 221 years, two broods of cicadas that spend the vast majority of their lives underground will emerge, invading backyards in 17 states, including maryland and. This year’s northern virginia cicada forecast.

A group of adult periodical cicadas, part of brood x that emerged in 2021, perch on vegetation after shedding their exoskeletons in alexandria, virginia, in june 2021. For the first time in 221 years, a rare double emergence of cicadas is expected in 2024.