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/entfacts/trees/ef446.htm

This article from the University of Illinois Extension Office says it's time for the northern Illinois Brood XIII. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gardenerscorner/issue_03/03_spring_06.html

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.