Brood XIV is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that emerge every 13 or 17 years. This year they'll be in states such as Maryland and Tennessee.

An annual cicada brood will emerge this year, along with annual cicada species that we see each year. Here's what to know.

Love them or hate them, cicadas are fascinating insects talked about in North Carolina during the warmer weather months. Cicadas spend most of their life underground, emerging when soil temperatures warm up and dying only a few weeks later.