Only a portion of St. Mary's County has some of the periodical cicada brood that is emerging this year; the rest of Maryland will not experience a mass emergence. While a very, very small number (not enough to be noticeable) of periodical cicadas from other broods that have already come and gone might emerge any given year (called "stragglers," because they are emerging out of sync), they are so few in number that they can be ignored, and predators will likely pick most of them off. No tree protection is needed this year for most Marylanders, or until about the year 2030 or 2038.

Miri