Currently, Kansas City movers and the rest of the community are gearing up to welcome an influx of cicadas to their city. While they only pay a visit every 17 years, they certainly have no problem making their presence known to residents of the city. The cicadas are known for their extremely loud and repetitive mating that causes quite the disturbance to the locals that have to listen to it.

Rob Lawrence, a former entomologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, explains that, “it could be thousands or millions coming out in a small area and giving a deafening roar, a deafening noise in the trees. If you were trying to have some kind of an outdoor event, it might be kind of deafening.”

The areas that can be expected to be hit the hardest are Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas. A recent study done by Vanderbilt University, reveals that cicadas from Tennessee has reached as high as 88 decibels – which is also as loud as a food blender is. Needless to say, it definitely causes quite the interruption in day-to-day life for the residents of Kansas City.

However, others remind us how the bugs are not that bad – Bill Graham, a spokesman with the Missouri Department of Conservation explains that, “you’re talking about a bug that has a face that looks like a Darth Vader mask, with these really amazing-looking cellophane wings, makes this cool sound and sings sort of symphony-like, rising and falling in sound.”