ILLINOIS, USA – Countless amounts of stocky, bug-eyed insects are set to crawl out of the ground throughout Missouri and Illinois this spring. News outlets both nationally and locally are reporting that the 2024 cicada brood reemergence is set to be historic across the country. Many are saying that “billions” or even “trillions” of bugs are set to make an appearance, with some even stretching to call it a “cicadapocalypse.”