OFFICIALLY HERE AFTER MONTHS OF ANTICIPATION, 2 DIFFERENT BROOD OF CICADAS ARE BUSTING OUT IN MASSIVE NUMBERS ACROSS ILLINOIS W T TW NEWS REPORTER PATTY, WHAT LEAD JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.

PATTY.

>> REMIND YES, I KNOW SO REMIND US WHY THIS YEAR CICADA EMERGENCE IS A BIG DEAL.

>> WELL, IN ILLINOIS, WE ARE GETTING TO EMERGENCE IS, YOU KNOW, ONCE EXCITING ENOUGH.

BUT WE'VE A 17 YEAR HERE IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND A 13 YEAR BROOD IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

NO MIND YOU, DON'T OVERLAP BY KEEP NEEDING TO REMIND PEOPLE THEY'RE NOT.

IT'S NOT DOUBLE THE CICADAS.

ONE ROUTE NORTH, ANOTHER BRITON SOUTH, BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF ILLINOIS IS COVERED.

POINT, BUT THEY ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME NOT NECESSARILY IN PLACE OVER 200 YEARS THAT THEY BOTH COME OUT AT THE SAME TIME IN ILLINOIS.

AND THAT IS A BIG DEAL.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

YOU'RE THERE'S BEEN A SPLIT IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH I SAW THEM THIS WEEKEND OR DIDN'T SOME OF US HAVE DEFINITELY THEM.

>> WILL THEY EVENTUALLY BE EVERYWHERE IN AREA?

KNOW I HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GO SEE THEM BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY PROPER NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY EVERYTHING THERE'S BEEN LIKE SO PAVED OVER AND DEVELOPED.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM ON THE LAKEFRONT EITHER BECAUSE THESE CICADAS NEED TREES TO SURVIVE ON UNDERGROUND.

THERE'S A BEACH THE LAKEFRONT.

NOT TRUE.

SO A LOT OF PLACES, AGRICULTURE LAND, PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY DEVELOP.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM.

SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE EVERYWHERE.

ENTER INSIDE THE CITY OF CHICAGO SHOULD BE A SAFE SPACE FOR ANY PEOPLE.

THEY'RE YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE TREATING THE ROADS LIKE I HAD TO TRAVEL OUT TO THE SUBURBS TO GHOST.

JUST SEE THE MICE OUT.

CITY MIGHT NOT GET SOME GOING TO EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE PART OF CICADAS.

THE INCESSANT NOISE.

WHEN IS THAT GOING TO START HAS STARTED YET.

SO I WAS OUT BROOKFIELD YESTERDAY AND YOU COULD HEAR A FEW.

SO THEY ACTUALLY DON'T START SINGING, WHICH IS THEIR MATING CALL.

SURE.

45 DAYS SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR THOSE FIRST INDIVIDUALS.

AND THEN AS MORE AND MORE OF THEM EMERGE, YOU KNOW, EVERY 4, 5 DAYS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE AND MORE.

>> SO AND THE EXPERTS THAT I TALKED TO SAID, LET'S SAY WITHIN 10 TO 2 WEEKS, THEY SHOULD BE AT FULL THROTTLE 10 DAYS.

AND THEN IT IS THAT LIKE 9200 DECIBEL RANGE.

SO IT'S LOUD, IT'S LOUD AND IT'S KIND OF >> SO I'M NOT GONNA LIE.

I LIVE IN SKOKIE, EVANSTON.

WE HAD QUITE A FEW OF OUR HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND IN MY IN MY LITTLE MY BOYS HAVING A LOT OF FUN, INCLUDING AS ONE.

>> CRAWLING ON MY SON.

THERE HE IS IN OUR DRIVEWAY.

SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HANDLING THEM?

WELL, FOR ONE THING, THEY'RE HARMLESS, THEY DON'T STAYING.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HURT FOR US TO NOT HURT THEM, TRYING TO DAMAGE THEIR WINGS.

>> THEY'RE PRETTY RESILIENT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PICK ONE UP, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT FLIP AND OVERSEEING, YOU KNOW, STRIKE BEING ON ITS ABDOMEN.

LOOK AT FOR ORGAN THAT IT HAS THAT MAKES FOUND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON A TREE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A CAGE WAS REALLY CURIOUS AND INTERESTED AND WANTS TO COLLECT SOME OF THEM, MAYBE THERE LET THEM GO OR JUST COLLECT THEM.

THEIRS TO REALLY.

THAT'S TALKED TO SAID IT'S OK, IT'S OK IF WE JUST SOME THINGS.

HE FOUND ONE THAT MIGHT BE ALBINO, BUT IT FEELS LIKE ANOTHER.

THEM HAVE BLUE THAT'S WHERE.

ALL PATTY, THANK YOU.

I'M SURE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND IF YOU'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT CICADAS LIKE WHETHER THEY STAYING OR ARE SAFE OR YOUR PETS TO EAT.