# Cicada Invasion Update

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-invasion-update/663499>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 14, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-invasion-update/663499 "2013-07-14T18:39:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-invasion-update/663499/1 "2013-07-14T18:39:58Z")

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I just had a walk in the woods…I heard a few lonely cicadas…buzzing away. This was supposed to be a massive crop-what happened?  
I seem to remember hearing many more of these when I was a kid-are these insects in decline?

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-invasion-update/663499/2 "2013-07-14T18:55:45Z")

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No, Brood II had a good year. They’re [just](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/nyregion/during-cicadas-swan-song-many-wonder-if-they-missed-the-show.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) [not](http://www.magicicada.org/about/brood_pages/broodII.php) [everywhere](http://magicicada.org/databases/magicicada/map.html).

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cicada-invasion-update/663499/3 "2013-07-15T07:30:07Z")

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If you want to hear kazillions of cicadas, go to the Provence area of France.