2024 cicadas are on the way to the Midwest and SE USA. I remember when they were heavy in the Carolinas in 2011 and people would freak out just pumping their gas or going from car to store like they were going to be taken away.
Periodical cicadas belonging to two separate broods, Brood XIII and Brood XIX, will emerge together in a dual emergence event that will see a trillion cicadas buzzing across 16 U.S. states.
www.livescience.com
Any special considerations to protect bonsai? I know the females will cut branches to lay their eggs. Are these typically large branches only or would smaller i.e., bonsai sized branches be affected, too?