More than 50 fireworks shows are set to dazzle skies across the Chicago area on Thursday, July 3 and Friday, July 4 for the ...

The cicada killer versus the murder hornet. It sounds like the title of a new Marvel superhero movie. It’s actually a public service announcement, brought to you by bug experts at the University ...

After hatching, cicada nymphs burrow 6-18 inches underground, where they will remain for 13 or 17 years. The next periodical cicada broods are expected in Ohio in 2027, 2033, 2036, and 2038.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of ...

A cicada emerges from its exoskeleton while clinging to a fence post in McCreary County. Shannon M. Shannon M. Shannon writes, “We have a large brood on our property of 11 acres.

Fossil of Eoplatypleura messelensis, the oldest known cicada, discovered in Germany’s Messel Pit and dating back 47 million years to the Eocene Epoch. Senckenberg Nature Museum ...

"Ghost of the cicada" by Cory Lawson on Gayle Road, Ann Arbor. (Cory Lawson) The loud noise we hear are male cicadas and they’re looking for love.

Cicada tree nets are a protective mesh barrier that helps protect trees and shrubs prone to damage from active cicadas. Many of these nets cost around $20-$30 at home improvement stores.

That’s louder than the planes landing at Dulles.” After mating, the female cicadas lay their eggs in the trees. As the adults die off, the eggs hatch, and cicada nymphs are born.

Cicadas will appear in Tennessee and 12 other states in 2025. There have been more than 65 cicada signtings in East Tennessee so far. Cicadas do not bite or sting. They're baaack! Did you miss them?

Cicadas drink the liquid from the inside of the stems, roots, and branches of plants. Locusts eat the leaves and any of the softer segments of plants, which is why they are so destructive to crops ...

Periodical cicadas, Brood XIV, will emerge in Massachusetts in the next few weeks. Cicadas, unlike locusts, do not swarm or decimate crops. Both cicadas and locusts are herbivores, but cicadas are ...