Will Ohio Have Cicadas In 2024. This piece, originally published in 2021, has been updated for 2024, most recently with new details about brood xix and brood xiii. Ohioans most recently saw cicadas emerge in 2016 on the eastern half of the state, and in 2021 along the southwestern corner of the state.
Billions of cicadas will cover the midwest in 2024. Ohio is not expected to see an onslaught of periodical cicadas from either brood xix or xiii, but some neighboring states will.