The 2025 Cicada Season in KY, IN, IL, and TN

Last Spring was an incredibly noisy one here in Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee. Billions of cicadas emerged in a rare double-brood event. Brood 13 and Brood 17 crawled up out of the ground and put on quite a show- a loud one- for weeks.

Stuart Snow, who lives in Daviess County, Kentucky, in the northwestern part of the Commonwealth, managed to capture video of what he called the 'Cicada Concert.' Take a listen!

Obviously, there's no way to know just how many cicadas were hanging out in the trees on Stuart's property (scientists say there will be trillions of them throughout the U.S.), but he noted there were thousands in his trees and 'on the long grasses.'

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He said that so many had unearthed, "The ground looked like it had been aerated."

WHICH CICADA BROODS WILL ARRIVE IN 2025?

Well, here's the good news and bad news about this year's cicada arrival. According to Farmers' Almanac, it's going to be a lot quieter in Kentucky and Indiana. We're expecting the arrival of just one cicada brood. We're going to roll out the welcome mat for Brood 14.

However, our friends to the south in Tennessee are going to get a double dose. They're going to get a combination of Brood 14 and, likely, some Brood 1 'stragglers.'

I suppose the really good news is reserved for our neighbors in Illinois and Missouri. After a REALLY noisy 2024, they're going to a get a much-deserved break this year. While they'll certainly have cicadas, they won't have a periodical brood screaming at them.

Now, if you're wondering when cicadas typically emerge, it's usually around the middle of May. So, the countdown to the 'concert' begins.