Are locusts really going to be a problem this spring/summer in the MIdwest?

Question

I HATE bugs...so Im wondering how long they will be in the area and what kind of disturbances (if any) they will bring??? Thanks!!

Answer 1

This probably depends on where you are in the midwest.  I found one site that says Kentucky will have scattered periodic cicadas (locusts) of brood XIII which are 17-year locusts.

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfact...

This article from the University of Illinois Extension Office says it's time for the northern Illinois Brood XIII.  http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gardenersco...

Looks like you should search for "periodic cicada 2007" and your state.  I searched "periodic cicada 2007 Illinois" without the quotes.  Good luck.  We have terrible rounds of them now and then and they are very hard on the trees.