Cicadas 2024 Map North Carolina. There is a new, unusual noise you might hear when you walk outside these days. This year, the emergence of brood xiii and brood xix at the same time creates a much larger cicada span.

This is the song of the periodical cicadas, and 2024 is north carolina’s year to have more cicadas than usual to provide extra “music” to herald in our summertime. The last time brood xix emerged in north carolina was in 2011, when they were spotted around charlotte, in the triangle and in western parts of the state.