(WSBT) Head outside next week and chances are good you'll find something that will really "bug" you! The Cicada invasion is expected to hit Michiana on May 22 for the first time in 17 years.

For most of us, it will just be a minor annoyance as the bugs fill roads, pools and gutters. But for some Michiana farmers, it's another cause for concern in what's already been a tough season.

They're called Brood 14 Cicadas, and Notre Dame Entomologist Dr. Dave Severson expects to see them taking over Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Saint Joseph Counties in Indiana, and Berrien County, Michigan in just 7 days.

"I think we could have a pretty good chance of at least localized areas of pretty large emergences," he told WSBT. "It could be upwards of a million and a half insects per acre. So I think people should be prepared for that."

And many are doing just that.

Berrien Springs fruit farmer Mike Hildebrand thought an early April cold snap wouldn't leave him with many crops to worry about. But this week, he got a pleasant surprise. The dropping mercury didn't damage nearly as much as he thought it would. But it appears he's not out of the "orchard" quite yet.

"There's a good possibility there could be at least some damage to these smaller trees," said Dr. Severson.

That's because female cicadas slice open tree branches to lay their eggs, sometimes killing the branch and everything on it.

One potential solution is nets that the cicadas can't eat through. But in an orchard like Hildebrand's, with thousands of trees on 160 acres, that plan is fairly impractical.

"It'll just be a new challenge," Hildebrand said. "I'm hopeful there's some sort of an insecticide out there to take care of it, but I'm not going to stay up at night worrying about it."

Unfortunately, it looks like that can't be said for many others, who will likely be kept up by the insects' constant droning.

Even so, cicadas aren't harmful to humans. They don't bite, sting, or carry disease. And you can even eat them! Dozens of recipes are listed online, and there are cookbooks as well that list cicada recipes!