Move over, eclipse. A rare, double brood of lustful cicadas are about to take over the skies

Scientist Floyd Shockley has been planning a road trip to witness a rare natural event that will darken skies across much of the United States — a convergence not of celestial bodies, but of two massive broods of flying, screaming, lustful insects.

Move over, eclipse. A rare, double brood of lustful cicadas are about to take over the skies
Closeup of two insects with black bodies, bright orange wings and bulbous red eyes.

Scientist Floyd Shockley has been planning a road trip to witness a rare natural event that will darken skies across much of the United States — a convergence not of celestial bodies, but of two massive broods of flying, screaming, lustful insects.