Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada: Hemiptera: Insecta)
"There are at least 13 broods of 17-year
cicadas and five of 13-year cicadas; these broods emerge in different years,
and have different geographic ranges. The 17-year cicadas are generally
northern and the 13-year cicadas southern, but there is considerable overlap,
and both life-cycle types may occur in the same woods (but would emerge
together only once every 221 years). The emergence of some of the larger
broods is a very striking event, as the insects in these broods may be
extremely numerous. The large broods of 17-year cicadas that have occurred
in central and southern Ohio in recent years appeared in 1970, 1973, and
1974"