Cicadas 2024 Asheville Nc. Visitors to hickorynut mountain, in mcdowell county, nc, look north to the black mountains. It's been over 200 years since both emerged at.
This year’s cicadas will only stick around for about a month, kelly oten, nc state extension entomologist and specialist in the department of forestry and environmental resources. The adults emerge and lay eggs in the bark of trees and shrubs as adults (usually the process from emergence to laying of eggs takes one to two weeks).