June 7

Abstract

Some Kansans have been watching news releases on national television, hearing stories on national radio, reading articles in major magazines and/or reading national news releases printed in local/regional newspapers describing the on-going emergence of periodical cicadas and the inescapable noise associated with their presence. The silence (in Kansas) as caused people to ask, “When will we see the periodical cicadas in Kansas?” The answer is simple: in May, 2015.