View Post NBC | TV Biz Matt Lauer Welcomes The Cicada Brood Of 1996 By Alex Weprin on May. 19, 2013 - 8:16 AM In case you haven’t heard, the northeast is beginning to feel the brunt of an invasion, as billions of large insects called cicadas emerge from their underground homes to mate. There are a few different broods of cicada, and ...