Cicadas Invade Great Smoky Mountains, Park Says. ‘Sounds May Take You by Surprise’

Cicadas may be loud but they don’t bite or sting.

Tens of thousands of cicadas have descended on Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Harvey Wilcox/Dreamstime/TNS

By Mark Price The Charlotte Observer

Tens of thousands cicadas have descended on Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the North Carolina-Tennessee border, according to the National Park Service.